‘Unique’ new tuna boat in N.Z.
PA Nelson A fishing ship which its owner says is unique to New Zealand has arrived at Nelson. The New Zealand-owned Daniel Solander will fish for tuna off the west and east coasts of the South Island. Its freezer capacity will allow it to take the catch direct to markets in Tokyo. The operations manager of Solander Fisheries, Ltd, Nelson, Mr Andy Scotland, said that no other New Zealandowned ship had this capacity. It froze the catch to -60 deg and had a capacity of 300 tonnes. Mr Scotland said that the
Daniel Solander would be a mother ship, collecting tuna from 40 to 50 smaller boats. It also had a licence to fish in its own right. Once the freezers were full the Daniel Solander would go to the Tokyo markets and unload. The ship has a helicopter pad so that tuna can be taken off. The Daniel Solander was built in Japan in 1973 as a longliner. Its gross weight is 345 tons, it is 55 metres long and has a draught of 3.2 metres. It is diesel-engined and equipped with a chromascope, used for finding fish, and satellite navigation gear.
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