Regardless of which method is used, BRUNSWICK’s rigorous quality standards ensure that only the best fish are selected. Mid-water trawlers can fish effectively on shoals but are favoured for fishing in deeper waters. The trawl containing the trapped fish is then pulled beside the boat and fish are pumped on board and immediately chilled. Mid-water trawlers locate and store herring in a manner similar to purse seiners, but catch the fish by pulling a funnel-shaped net, or trawl, behind the vessel as it passes over a school of fish. Purse seiners are generally used for fishing in shallower waters and shoals.
The herring are then pumped aboard the vessel into fish holds equipped with refrigerated seawater or slush ice in order to maximize quality, and are transported to the canneries. When the net is fully deployed, or set, the net is pursed up by winching in a cable or rope attached to the bottom of the seine. Once located, the schools are encircled with a long and deep net, or seine, deployed from the vessel. The purse seine method of catching herring involves the use of larger vessels that seek out schools of herring using detection equipment such as sonar and echo sounders. Once needed, the herring are pumped from the weir directly into a boat, chilled and then transported directly to the plant for processing. The fish can be held live in this area until needed. Once the herring enter the main holding area of the weir, they become trapped. They are constructed by driving wooden poles into the seabed in a semi-circular pattern and hanging netting to the poles to corral the herring.
Weirs are strategically placed in coves or along shorelines frequented by schools of herring. Weirs are a traditional type of fishing equipment that has been used in the Bay of Fundy for hundreds of years. Generally, purse seiners and weirs are the favoured fishing methods in Canada, while mid-water trawlers account for a larger proportion of the U.S. The herring fishery in eastern North America employs mid-water trawlers and purse seiners, referred to as mobile gear, and stationary fixed gear netting known as weirs. Click here to view our videos on sardine fishing & processing. Click here to read about sardine sustainability. We work with fishermen, government and other stakeholders to ensure that this precious resource will continue to be effectively managed. The herring resource used by BRUNSWICK ® is found off the northeast coast of North America, particularly from the Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Chedabucto Bay and the Outer Banks off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada, and the Gulf of Maine and coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the United States.īRUNSWICK ® is committed to ensuring that herring remains a healthy, sustainable and protected resource. Herring schools are always in motion and migrate between spawning grounds, feeding grounds, and deep-water wintering areas. Herring feed principally on plankton and are found in shallow inshore waters to offshore waters as deep as 200 meters. North Atlantic herring can reach a size of about 40 cm (17 inches) in length, weigh as much as 0.7 kg (1.5 lbs), and can live as long as 20 years. These fish travel in huge schools and live in the cold waters of the open ocean ranging from Greenland to North Carolina.
The North Atlantic herring is a small saltwater fish that is also known by its scientific name Clupea harengus. sardine canning industry is based on the juvenile North Atlantic herring. Attention to detail at each stage of the process ensures that BRUNSWICK ® products continue to meet the high standards that our consumers have come to expect. The story of the delicious BRUNSWICK ® Sardines and Seafood Snacks that you enjoy begins in the cold waters of the North Atlantic ocean.
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