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FACTORY TRAWLER [1 record]

Record 1 2026-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

A factory trawler is a large (stern) trawler equipped with a complete fish processing plant. The vessels have a high degree of onboard automation, with facilities for mechanical fish gutting and filleting, full refrigeration and freezing, and in some cases packaging or canning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Types de bateaux
  • Pêche commerciale
CONT

Un chalutier-usine est un grand chalutier (pêche arrière) équipé d'une ligne complète de transformation du poisson. Ces navires présentent un degré élevé d'automatisation à bord, avec des installations pour l'éviscération et le filetage mécaniques du poisson, la réfrigération et la congélation complètes et, dans certains cas, l'emballage ou la mise en conserve.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Colaboración con la FAO
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Pesca comercial
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