Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain purse seines ready for deployment
- Purse seinesarechecked against established criteria according to vessel maintenance plan and supervisor's instructions.
- Purse seine components which are loose, worn or damaged are identified and either reconditioned or replaced.
- Replacement purse seine components are ordered.
- Defective purse seine components are disposed of.
- Deploy purse seines
- Purse seine components are connected in the configuration required by the fishing method according to instructions from a supervisor.
- Machinery to deploy purse seines from the vessel is used according to instructions from supervisors.
- Purse seine nets are deployed using floats or net skiffs.
- Over shoot and purse ropes are used according to supervisor's instructions.
- Devices and systems are deployed to ensure operating efficiency and to reduce environmental impact and interaction with by-catch.
- Purse seine storage area is cleaned.
- Retrieve purse seines
- Land, contain and sort the catch