Capt. Ant Smith skippers a steel demersal/bottom trawler called FV Donna Maria out of Careys Bay (Dunedin, New Zealand).

Ant is a very experienced captain, and fishes from shallow waters through to ~550m depth (~1800ft / 300fa), harvesting a diverse range of quota'd wild fish species around the southern coast of New Zealand.

Ant's experience and diverse fishing activities are invaluable to WASSP for insight into our technology in action. 

The vessel is equipped with a WASSP F3X model Fishing Multibeam, with two separate dual WASSP Computer systems running on the single DRX transceiver: 

• with WASSP 'CDX' program, and 
• with TimeZero Professional WASSP Interface Program

FV Donna Maria: 18.12m Length Overall | 5.23m Beam | 2.98m Draught | 65GT 

Special thanks to Capt. Ant Smith for sharing with us all. It is rare to have a commercial fisher share their fishing information so openly, so we hope you enjoy the photos and videos shared here for an insight into the WASSP F3X Multibeam installation on Donna Maria, and her local fishery. 

Be sure to keep up with the latest WASSP Fishing activities on our WASSP Multibeam Fishing User Group: www.facebook.com/groups/wasspmultibeamfishing

Contact Dave James for further information: davej@enl.co.nz