The Peterhead pair team Budding Rose and the Lapwing are picked by VesselTracker's AIS - the track left shows that the two boats are clearly pair trawling - towing a single net between the two boats - this reduces the amount of drag on the seabed as the method does not require the net to be spread by the use of trawl doors - both boats towing a single net provides plenty of spread and allows longer sweeps or bridles to be used - generally, this method provides a much bigger catch return than simply doubling the catch for using lees fuel...
the boats are working grounds south south east of the Shetlands.
