Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain beach seines, mesh nets or gill nets ready for deployment
- Beach seines, mesh nets or gill nets are checked against established criteria according to vessel maintenance plan and supervisor's instructions.
- Beach seine, mesh net or gill net components which are worn or damaged and lack security or symmetry are identified and either reconditioned or replaced.
- Replacement beach seine, mesh net or gill net components are ordered according to enterprise procedures.
- Defective beach seine, mesh net or gill net components are disposed of.
- Deploy beach seines, mesh nets or gill nets to ensure operating efficiency, low environmental impact and minimal interaction with by-catch
- Beach seine, mesh net or gill net components are connected in the configuration required by the fishing method according to instructions from a supervisor.
- Machinery used to deploy the beach seines, mesh nets or gill nets from the vessel is operated according to instructions from supervisor and vessel operating and safety procedures.
- Beach seines, mesh nets or gill nets are deployed to ensure they are not twisted and are in a pattern required by the fishing operation.
- Devices and systems are deployed to reduce environmental impact and interaction with by-catch.
- Beach seine, mesh net or gill net storage area is cleaned according to hygiene requirements and vessel operating procedures.
- Retrieve the beach seine, mesh net or gill net
- Beach seines, mesh nets or gill nets are applied to winches or haulers and are retrieved to maximise catch according to vessel operating procedure.
- Catch is landed and removed from beach seines, mesh nets or gill nets to maximise seafood quality.
- Beach seines, mesh nets or gill nets are disconnected and stowed to ensure ease of deployment, the safety of crew and a safe working area.
- Land, contain and sort catch
- Containment devices are prepared to receive the catch according to hygiene requirements and vessel operating procedures.
- Catch is loaded into containment devices according to vessel hygiene, safety and operating procedures.
- Catch is sorted to maximise by-catch survival and seafood quality according to vessel operating procedures and fisheries regulations.