wet-fish trawler

A wet-fish trawler is a type of fishing vessel designed to catch fish using a trawl net, which is dragged through the water or along the seabed. These trawlers are distinguished by how their catch is stored: in an insulated hold, kept fresh with ice.12

Wet-fish trawlers can be either side or stern trawlers. Side trawlers launch and recover their nets from the side, often featuring a wheelhouse and superstructure at the stern. Stern trawlers are powerful vessels that may have ramps to haul catches up the stern onto the working deck. These modern trawlers are equipped with powerful engines and deck machinery for handling large nets and can even function as floating factories, processing and freezing fish at sea. They typically operate on shorter fishing trips, lasting less than four days.231