turbosoffiante

English translation: water jets hydraulic dredge

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Italian term or phrase:turbosoffiante
English translation:water jets hydraulic dredge
Entered by: tradu-grace

13:55 Sep 24, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Fisheries
Italian term or phrase: turbosoffiante
This is from a report on the fishing industry (and in particular clam harvesting) in Northern Italy.

Ciò ha portato anche alla proliferazione di una serie di strumenti di pesca e raccolta (turbosoffiante, vibrante, ‘rusca’), alcuni fortemente impattanti sull’ecosistema.

Does 'turbosoffiante' mean 'turbo-powered'? Or is it something more specific?
Thanks very much in advance!

Ian
Ian Mansbridge
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water jets hydraulic dredge
Explanation:

Le prime imbarcazioni impiegate nella pesca commerciale di Tapes philippinarum sono state le “turbosoffianti” dotate di draghe idrauliche già utilizzate in mare. A seguito di una serie di iniziative repressive, si introducono delle modifiche tecniche che hanno portato allo sviluppo di un nuovo attrezzo chiamato “draga vibrante” (o rastrello vibrante).

Entrambi gli attrezzi erano installati a bordo di imbarcazioni delle dimensioni di un piccolo peschereccio, consentendo la pesca esclusivamente in aree di almeno 1-1,5 m di profondità. In particolare, la draga vibrante è capace di scavare il sedimento fino a 10 cm. Successivamente, la marineria di Chioggia ha introdotto la “rusca”, un attrezzo completamente nuovo che poteva essere montato su imbarcazioni molto più piccole e veloci e che consentiva di pescare anche in aree di bassofondale con una capacità di penetrazione fino a una profondità di 15 cm

http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/documentation/magazine/mag10_e...
One kind of fishing, many techniques
Different techniques are used to harvest clams on Italy’s
Adriatic coast. There are four different types of gear.
The two used most often are the “rasca” and the “rusca”.
The “rasca” is a sort of manual rake (rastrello) in the form of a parallelepiped,
used to scrape the sea bed. It is used either in
shallow water, where the fisherman drags it manually across
the sand, or it is lowered into the water from small individual
boats. The “rusca” is quite similar but larger and has a net;
it is attached to the boat with chains.

The mechanized dredge is made up of a sole plate cage
measuring around 3 m by 1.5 m on which is placed
a vibrating electrical motor. This gear is used for fishing
in waters more than 2 or 3 m deep. The hydraulic dredge
is also used. It is comparable to the mechanized version,
and is equipped with a pump that dislodges molluscs
from the seabed using water jets
. The shellfish are brought
on board either by hauling in the dredge or by pump.



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The link of first explanation which I forgot to post is the following:

http://pianogestionelagunavenezia.net/pesca.html

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“draga vibrante” (o "rastrello vibrante") = "vibrating" rake/dredge

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Thanks to you Ian.
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4water jets hydraulic dredge
tradu-grace
3Turbo-blowing dredges
Cedric Randolph
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http://dz1968.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/night-tribe.html
GillW (MCIL)
see
liz askew

  

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Turbo-blowing dredges


Explanation:
you'll find quite a few hits on google for these under Turbo-blowing dredges for clam fishing

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water jets hydraulic dredge


Explanation:

Le prime imbarcazioni impiegate nella pesca commerciale di Tapes philippinarum sono state le “turbosoffianti” dotate di draghe idrauliche già utilizzate in mare. A seguito di una serie di iniziative repressive, si introducono delle modifiche tecniche che hanno portato allo sviluppo di un nuovo attrezzo chiamato “draga vibrante” (o rastrello vibrante).

Entrambi gli attrezzi erano installati a bordo di imbarcazioni delle dimensioni di un piccolo peschereccio, consentendo la pesca esclusivamente in aree di almeno 1-1,5 m di profondità. In particolare, la draga vibrante è capace di scavare il sedimento fino a 10 cm. Successivamente, la marineria di Chioggia ha introdotto la “rusca”, un attrezzo completamente nuovo che poteva essere montato su imbarcazioni molto più piccole e veloci e che consentiva di pescare anche in aree di bassofondale con una capacità di penetrazione fino a una profondità di 15 cm

http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/documentation/magazine/mag10_e...
One kind of fishing, many techniques
Different techniques are used to harvest clams on Italy’s
Adriatic coast. There are four different types of gear.
The two used most often are the “rasca” and the “rusca”.
The “rasca” is a sort of manual rake (rastrello) in the form of a parallelepiped,
used to scrape the sea bed. It is used either in
shallow water, where the fisherman drags it manually across
the sand, or it is lowered into the water from small individual
boats. The “rusca” is quite similar but larger and has a net;
it is attached to the boat with chains.

The mechanized dredge is made up of a sole plate cage
measuring around 3 m by 1.5 m on which is placed
a vibrating electrical motor. This gear is used for fishing
in waters more than 2 or 3 m deep. The hydraulic dredge
is also used. It is comparable to the mechanized version,
and is equipped with a pump that dislodges molluscs
from the seabed using water jets
. The shellfish are brought
on board either by hauling in the dredge or by pump.



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The link of first explanation which I forgot to post is the following:

http://pianogestionelagunavenezia.net/pesca.html

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Note added at 3 ore (2012-09-24 17:19:58 GMT)
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“draga vibrante” (o "rastrello vibrante") = "vibrating" rake/dredge

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Thanks to you Ian.

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Reference: http://dz1968.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/night-tribe.html

Reference information:
Turbo-blower and vibrant are the tools for catching caparozzoli: the first one uses a jet of air pumped from surface with an auxiliary engine to raise sand as to fish shells with an iron structure connected to a network capable to scrape the seabed; the second one is an iron chest with a grill used as a sieve, dropped to the sea bed and made vibrate in order to select bivalves from the rest. Both methods are highly destructive because they catch up to 25 cm of substrate from the bottom and destroy nearly what they find when they pass over.


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can't guarantee the accuracy of the reference provided but it seems to fit.

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Reference: see

Reference information:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/underwater-cultu...
The impact of the fishing activity on the shipwrecks is similar to the impact of the agriculture on the land archaeological sites. The "rapido" and the "turbossofiante" are the tools used by the Adriatic fishing fleets. The first one is composed by four rectangular metal boxes with iron teeth on the bottom which are the entrance of the nets. These boxes are towed with chains and they drag on the sea floor impacting the sand for at least some centimeters deep. They are able to damage the obstacles and they are quite strong to move heavy objects for long distances.

The "turbosoffiante" is the most destructive tool. The ship tows a big box, weighting 350 kg, for the fishing of the mussels which, thanks to a water dredger, excavates the seafloor making a trench two meters large and at least 30 cm deep. It is obvious that it destroys everything it meets.


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Fishing Across the Centuries: What Prospects for ... - AgEcon Search
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to a depth of 0.15 m;. • the hydraulic dredge ('draga idraulica', or 'turbosoffiante'): during the 1980s, and from 1990 to 1996 this was used illegally in the lagoon.

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so

hydraulic dredge

based on the findings

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Draga
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Used Dredgers and Dredging Equipment for Sale ... Indagine preliminare sull'utilizzo della draga idraulica (turbosoffiante) per la pesca dei bivalvi in ambiente ...

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