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Fishing Module for Navi-Trainer
Professional 5000
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SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 3
2. FISHING EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................................... 5
3 EQUIPEMENTS HYDROACOUSTIQUES DE DETECTION DE POISSONS ................. 16
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1. INTRODUCTION
The NTPRO Fishing Training Module provides students with training in the practice of the
Fishing Officer position. For this purpose, the "Fishing" bridge module includes:
• Maneuvering near other vessels involved in fishing operations
• Trace and hunt fish maneuver the vessel to obtain the best position of fishing gear
with regard to the shoal and seabed
• Safe installation of fishing equipment
• Different types of fishing are simulated:
- Trawl (pelagic: 2559, 2674; bottom: 2561, 2517)
- Purse seine (680\175, 990\200)
- Longline (fixed, drifting)
• Fishing gear settings (trawl winch consoles, seine winch consoles, line management
consoles, etc.)
• The operation of fishing equipment during the trawling of schools of fish, including the
control of the depth of the pelagic trawl
• Proper calibration and use of acoustic devices to detect the position and depth of a
school of fish
• Different hydroacoustic equipment is simulated:
- Sounders (Furuno FCV-780, Furuno CN-24, Simrad ES60), trawl sounder (ScanMar
ScanBas)
- Sonar (Furuno CH-26, Simrad SP70)
• Underwater visual presentation of banks, seabeds, obstacles and fishing equipment,
represented in 3D with great realism
• Underwater Camera Control Console (CCTV)
• For the exercises, the instructor has the possibility to modify the following parameters
for local areas to be selected or globally:
• Schools of fish
- Geometry: size, density, depth, swimming speed, trajectory, real image of each fish
or school
Behaviour: reactions of fear, escape, shyness factor
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• Seabed
• Types of seabed (rocks, mud, sand, gravel)
• Geometry: height, extended in transverse and longitudinal directions, orientation
• Crooked note with underwater obstacles
• Water (with influence on fish behaviour)
• Salinity
• Temperature distribution
• Four typical types of distribution of predefined temperatures: negative refraction,
positive refraction, thermocline and channel refraction
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2. FISHING EQUIPMENT
The NTPRO Fishing module provides a 3D underwater vision with real presentation of all
simulation elements (net, rigging, panels, fish, bottom, longline, etc.) and the possibility to
modify the position from the point of view of the camera's presentation and angle.
It is capable of reproducing:
• The effect of the size of the mesh opening, wire diameter and net size on the
resistance of the machine to advancement
• The effect of the length of the funnels, arms, gaps, floats and ballast on the behaviour
of the net
• Effects of fishing gear on vessel handling
• The effects of wind and current on the ship/gear combination
• The effects of thrusters to prevent the vessel from moving towards the net (in the case
of purse seiners)
• he effects of the parameters (nature of the wire, mesh opening, type of mounting of
the lower luff tape, ballast) on the falling speed of a purse seine
• Friction effects on the bottom (bottom trawl)
• The effect on panel behaviour, angle of attack, length of crow's feet and weight of trawl
doors
• The effect of the length of the back square on the vertical opening
• The effect of the belly square, the back square, the beading on the bottom
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• The effect of gaps, floats
The fishing gear simulation software allows trainees to choose or modify the gear parameters
to adapt them to the exercise situation.
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Trawl net
Trawl simulation:
• Boat speed
• Trawl rigging parameters
• Length of cables
• Cable tension
• Trawl depth
Trawl operations:
• Automated arm spinning
• Cable unwinding
• Trawling
• Raising the cables
• Retrieval of the net on board (automated)
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The rigging adjustment console is shown, with the following parameters:
• Choice of rigging
• Selection of the type of trawl (pelagic or bottom)
The rigging parameters are:
• Relative position of the panels
• Number of ballasts on the panels
• Inclination of the panels
• Number of trawl depressants
• Length of lower flanges
• Length of ballast chains
• Number of floats on the ropes
• Approach angle hydrofoil
The trawl winch console is shown, with the following winch characteristics:
• Two situations for operating the winch levers (up/down)
• Trawl setting button
• Manual brake control (in %)
• Cable tension, speed and length indicators
• Brake indicators (on/off), winch released, last level
• Trawl condition alert indication
• General information about the plug
Trawl net modelling shall include the following elements:
• Geometric modeling (> 120 points), which contains:
- Cable modeling
- Panel modeling, which contains:
- The horizontal and vertical dimensions of the panels
- The thickness of the panels
- The weight of the panels
- The quantity and mass
- The maximum angle of attack of the panels
- The relative position of the panels in relation to each other
- The geometric position of the cable fixing points
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- The geometric position and length of the fasteners at the cable level
• Modeling the trawl net according to the materials, which contains:
- Arms and Legs
- Opening of the trawl net
- Trawl pocket
• Trawl movement modelling (six degrees of freedom movement of the panels and net
in the water)
- The weight of the trawl net
- The forces applied to the panels by the cables
- The forces of gravity applied to the panels and the net in the water
- The hydrodynamic resistance forces applied to the panels and the net in the water
- The mechanical interaction forces between the panels and the bottom rope on the
one hand, and the seabed and hooks on the other hand
- The weight of the trawl in the water shall be calculated taking into account the weight
of the catch
- The hydrodynamic resistance forces on the trawl are calculated by taking into
account the area covered by the trawl bag
- Characteristics of trawl net modelling
• Fish catch modelling: The calculation of the catch weight is based on the density of the
school and the volume of fish absorbed by the net.
• Underwater vision modeling
The mesh size of the trawl net shall consist of elastic and extensible kapron rods. The rods
are characterized by specific gravity, length, diameter and extensibility coefficient. The mesh
size of the net shall consist of:
• Wing cables
• Bottom rope
• Head rope
• Belly lines
The cables are modelled by elastic and extensible rod chains. The rods are characterized by
specific gravity, length, diameter and extensibility coefficient.
Pelagic trawl
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The pelagic trawl is geometrically represented by a four-level pocket.
Bottom trawl
The bottom trawl is geometrically represented by a two-level pocket.
nteraction between the panels and the bottom or an eighth note may result in the loss of the
trawl according to:
• Characteristics of bottom trawl modeling
• The friction forces on the panels and the net, which arise from the interaction with the
bottom, take into account the topology (three-dimensional model) and the type of the
bottom
• The type of bottom can be selected in the "Depth Zone" window of the exercise part:
gravel, sand, rock, mud, adjustable
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Seine net
Seine parameters:
• Size
• Mesh size
• Hauling line
• Anchoring buoy
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Seine operations:
• Installation of anchor buoys
• Installation of the net
• Raising the bottom buoy
The seine winch console is shown, with the following winch characteristics:
• Seine winch lever control (raise)
• Buttons for setting the net and raising the buoy
• On/off buttons for net winch and bow capstan
• Manual brake control (in %)
• Cable tension, speed and length indicators
• Indication "last ring in the water" and "fully submerged seine"
• Information on the condition of the seine net
• General information about the plug
The purse seine modeling includes the following elements:
• Geometric modeling, which contains:
- Floating line
- Towing lines
- Main line
- Sliding line
- Net
• Modeling the movement of the seine net, which contains:
- The forces applied to the seine by the boat
- The weight of the main and sliding lines
• Catch Calculation: The calculation of purse seine weight is a function of the school
density and the volume of fish surrounded by the seine.
• Underwater vision modeling
All lines are made of elastic and stretchable rods. The rods are characterized by specific
gravity, length, diameter and extensibility coefficient.
Interaction with riddins and seabeds is taken into account.
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Longline
Longline parameters:
• Type of longline (drifting or fixed)
• Rigging
• Length of the mother line
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• Length of buoy line
• Length of the leads
• Number of hooks
Longline operations:
• Setting up the longline
• Picking up the first or last anchor buoy
• Climbing of the longline on board
The line lift console is shown, with the following towline characteristics:
• Control of the towing line lever (raise)
• Buttons for setting up the longline and lifting up
• Line length indicators
• Alert indicators during the ascent
• Indicators on the status of the line
• General information about the plug
The longline modeling includes the following elements:
• Geometric modeling, which contains:
- Mother line
- Let's move on
- Buoy line
• Modeling the movement, which contains:
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- The forces applied on the longline by the vessel
- The weight of the mother line, leads and hooks
• Calculation of catch: The calculation of purse seine weight is a function of fishing time
All lines are made of elastic and stretchable rods. The rods are characterized by specific
gravity, length, diameter and extensibility coefficient.
Cameras (CCTV)
• 4 buttons for different viewpoints on the trawl: left, right, centre and end view of the net
• 2 buttons for different views of the seine: centre and anchor buoy
• Remote control buttons for tilt, turn and change
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3 EQUIPEMENTS HYDROACOUSTIQUES DE
DETECTION DE POISSONS
All settings of the simulated devices are active and configurable (units, frequency, repetition
rate, etc.).
The simulated consoles are photorealistic to the actual equipment used on board fishing
vessels.
In addition, the simulator has an environmental situation display that helps to understand the
processes of propagation and reception of acoustic signals.
The environmental status display is activated by using the "View" button on the front panel or
by selecting the "RAYS" mode.
In the Environment window, the following items are displayed:
• the contours of the background
• the vessel with a fish finder and the fishing gear used
• schools of fish
• the pinnacles
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Echosounders
Furuno FCV-780 (Hull Sounder)
Echo sounder image simulation with the following effects and characteristics:
• Echoes of schools of fish
• First and second echoes of the seabed
• Seabed, surface reverberation and volumes
• Noise from the sea
• Noise from the boat itself
• Interference with other sounders
• Echo of the thermocline
• Output sensitive to propagation losses caused by absorption and refraction
• Output sensitive to preselected sonar parameters
Sonar unit characteristics :
• Dual channel sonar available at two different frequencies: 28, 50, 88, 200 kHz
(programmable)
• Six basic ranges can be preselected from 22 ranges
• Separate display for 5 modes: normal (high frequency, low frequency or both), mix
mode, bottom-lock expansion and bottom discrimination mode, zoom, A-scope
• Automatic alarm for fish, seabed and temperature
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• Depth marker
• Noise limiter, gain control, TVG, frequency rejection
• System implementation via an automatic menu
• On-screen display: water depth, water temperature, boat speed and position
Furuno CN-24 (Net sounder)
Realistic simulation of net sounder images with the following effects and characteristics:
• Echoes of schools of fish
• Seabed, surface reverberation and volumes
• Noise from the sea
• First and second echoes of the seabed
• Echo of the bottom ropes of the trawl net
• Noise from the boat itself
• Interference with other sonars
• Echo of fishing gear (trawl panels, seine floats)
• Output sensitive to propagation losses caused by absorption and refraction
• Output sensitive to preselected sonar parameters
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Sonar unit characteristics :
• Sound that amplifies or diminishes
• Depth marker
• Temperature graph
• Gain and noise limiter
• System implementation via an automatic menu
• On-screen display: water depth, water temperature, boat speed and position
Simrad ES60
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ScanBas ScanMar (Trawl sounder)
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Sonars
Furuno CH-26
Realistic simulation of sonar images with the following effects and characteristics:
• Echo of schools of fish
• Seabed, surface reverberation and volumes
• Noise from the sea
• Noise from the boat itself
• Interference with other sonars
• Echo of fishing gear (trawl panels, seine floats)
• Output sensitive to propagation losses caused by absorption and refraction
• Output sensitive to preselected sonar parameters
Single channel sonar available at different frequencies: 60, 88, 150 kHz (programmable)
• Adjustment in 6 degree steps
• Adjustment of the inclination from 5 to 90°, in 1° steps
• Head-up" display mode
• 3 display modes: full circle PPI, history, vertical sound bars
• Full range of sonar depth scale from 30m to 1600m
• Target marker
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• Noise limiter, AGV, TVG, interference rejection
• Automatic target tracking in a horizontal plane
• Audio channel
Simrad SP70
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