The project has been developed azti-tecnalia - technological Center specializing in research marine and food - and has been presented before the main members of the fishing industry in the fair Sinaval-Eurofishing 2011. The proposal basically consists of a fuel management system for fishing vessels, with a low cost and a simple design that allows its easy handling. Gestoil will make it possible to monitor permanently the fuel consumption of the vessel from the same bridge. Based on this information the skipper of the boat may make an active and able to optimize the consumption of energy.
According to its developers, Gestoil can provide significant amounts of savings, which vary mainly according to mode of fishing: 25% in fishing to the trawl, 10% in fishing for tuna of live bait, and between 2% - 9% in trawling.
