Smart Choice eco-friendly trawl doors designed for maximum efficiency and catch performance.
Why Smart-Choice Is Different
The Smart-Choice design is unique, offering a combination of stability, efficiency, and ease of use that sets a new standard in modern fishing:
- Easy to shoot and haul
- Strong spreading force
- Excellent turning ability and high stability
- Recover immediately when the trawl comes loose
- High catch efficiency
- Operate at a smaller angle of attack
- Require less towing power
- Reduce fuel consumption
- Fly steadily just above the seabed, protecting benthic ecosystems
- Quiet in the water, minimizing fish disturbance
- Adjustable fishing depth
- Easily weighted or lightened
- Strong, durable construction
If you want trawl doors that deliver all of this, Smart-Choice is the right choice.
A New Generation of Trawl Doors
At Smart-Choice, we have redefined trawl door design by offering cutting‑edge solutions that meet the demands of modern fishing. Efficiency and precision are essential at sea, and our advanced technology is built to deliver both. Smart-Choice is your trusted partner for the future.
Our commitment to continuous innovation ensures that our customers stay ahead in an industry that is constantly evolving. The transition from traditional trawl doors to smart trawl doors begins here. Experience environmentally responsible fishing with Smart-Choice.
Eco Friendly by Design
Smart-Choice trawl doors reduce fuel consumption and operate without seabed contact, protecting marine habitats and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The result is a significantly smaller environmental footprint.
Aerodynamic Principles at Sea
Smart-Choice is based on the same principles as aircraft wings — the Bernoulli effect. The hydrodynamic design generates lift that spreads the trawl doors efficiently and with reduced resistance.
- Single spoiler semi‑pelagic and pelagic models operate at approximately 20° angle of attack, reducing drag.
- Double spoiler shrimp and nephrops models operate at approximately 25° angle of attack, also reducing drag.
Designed by a Pioneer
Smart-Choice trawl doors are designed by Smári Jósafatsson of Iceland, who brings 50 years of experience in trawl door development. Smári worked for decades with his father, Jósafat Hinriksson, the creator of Poly‑Ice trawl doors. He built them, contributed to research and development, led sales and marketing, and later designed the Ekkó trawl doors. Smart-Choice is the next evolution of that legacy.
