Ngā Waka Tuna
Ināianei e toru ngā waka rāhi purse seine, kua mōhio anō hei “super seiners” rainei i roto i ngā whakamahinga o te Pacific Tuna. Ko te FV San Nikunau me FV San Nanumea i hokona i te marama o Hōngongoi 2001. Ka āpiti mai te FV Ocean Breeze i Whiringa-ā-nuku 2004 whai muri ana i te rirohanga o ngā rawa nā Simunovich Fisheries Limited.
Ko ngā whāinga ika mō ēnei momo waka he skipjack tuna, a ka mahia ki te Western & Central Pacific Ocean, erangi nā te pai, kāhore pai rainei o ngā mahi hao ika ka hoki mai ki Aotearoa i te wāhanga Raumati mō te wāhanga Skipjack.
Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Hauauru me Waengānui
Ka haoa tuna ēnei waka nā te purse seining momo. Mā te karapoti i ngā tuna ki te kupenga, kātahi ka katia kia hanga i te “purse” ka whakamaua ngā tuna. Kātahi ka hiki ki runga te kupenga ki te hydraulic power block tae noa atu ki te wā kua mau here ngā ika i roto i te “sack” or “bunt” o te kupenga kei te taha o te waka kātahi ka brailed ki runga i te waka.
Tuna school “foamer” inside net Whakapāraharaha kupenga mā te power block
Kē rā hoki te purse seine i whakamahia nā ngā super seiners he tauine 1500 ki 2000m te roa me 120 ki 250m te hōhonu. Neke atu ki te 120mm te rahi o ngā mata o ngā kupenga erangi he pokakē te rahi o ngā mata kei ia rohe o te kupenga. He pōuto kei runga i te kupenga (he aho mau pūoto), kei raro he aho matā (he mekameka tīra me ngā rīngi tīra te hanga kua mōhiotia hei “rīngi purse”, i tūhono ki raro i te mekameka). He aho tīra te raina purse, e haere ana mā ngā rīngi purse, ā, ka āhei ana te kumea“pursing” rainei o te kupenga.
Kupenga Purse Seine
Kē rā hoki ēnei super seiners mai 45 ki 85 m te roa (Ināianei ko ētahi he roa ake i te 100 m) ā, ka whakarawea ki tētahi tāwai nui me ētahi waka horo. Ka whakaputunga ngā ika katoa kia tini me kōtutu mā te whakahukapapa ki te waitote i roto i ngā puna mai 40 ki 80 mt te rahi (pupūtanga 800 to 2000 mt).
Waka Purse Seine Kē Rā Hoki
Ko ngā waka e toru e mahi ana ki te Pacific Tuna Operation e whai ake nei:
San Nikunau
| Ngā Ine: |  | |
| Roa (nuingal) | 79.69 m | |
| Whānui: | 12.88 m | |
| Hōhonu: | 5.80 m | |
| Taimahatanga: | 1957 GRT | |
| I Hangaia: | ||
| Tau: | 1991 | |
| Wāhi: | La Spezia, Italy / Maloy, Norway | |
| Rōrahi: | ||
| Puna Ika: | 1724 m / 1382 t | |
| Hinu: | 420 t |
San Nanumea
| Ngā Ine: |  | |
| Roa (nuingal) | 77.20 m | |
| Whānui: | 12.61 m | |
| Hōhonu: | 5.78 m | |
| Taimahatanga: | 1678 GRT | |
| I Hangaia: | ||
| Tau: | 1982 | |
| Wāhi: | Mobile, Alabama | |
| Rōrahi: | ||
| Puna Ika: | 1592 m / 1275 t | |
| Hinu: | 327 t |
Ocean Breeze
| Ngā Ine: |  | |
| Roa (nuingal) | 61.50 m | |
| Whānui: | 12.30 m | |
| Hōhonu: | 5.24 m | |
| Taimahatanga: | 1355 GRT | |
| I Hangaia: | ||
| Tau: | 1967 | |
| Wāhi: | Esquimalt, Canada | |
| Rōrahi: | ||
| Puna Ika: | 1142 m / 915 t | |
| Hinu: | 391 t |