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Dave Baker wrote:

This isn't "rec", but it is "boats.electronics".

I am wondering how the weight of a catch on a fishing trawler could be
measured while the vessel is at sea. I'm thinking that the weight of the
whole vessel might need to be taken into account as there will be variables
such as fuel, water, etc.

Anyone know how this would be done?

Maybe rather than weighing while in the hold it would be weighed in the net
before dumping into the hold?

Thanks,

Dave

In the North Pacific, the fish is sorted by specie into totes and then
weighed with hanging scales before it goes down to the hold on some
boats. On others, the fish isn't weighed untill it is off loaded to a
tender, and then weighed in hopper scales, or brailers. Most skippers
have a good idea how much fish is in the hold just by looking. Some
of them can guestimate to within a few hundred pounds.

Bruce in alaska
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