DESCRIZIONE
A trawl door (10) for use with a trawl net is provided, the trawl door (10) having leading and trailing edges (12, 261 and 14, 230), an upper section (28) and a lower section (29), the upper section (28) having a main deflector body (24) and the lower section (29) having a main deflector body (25), the upper section's main deflector body (24) having an outer side convex surface (56, 228) and the lower section's main deflector body (25) having an outer side convex surface (56, 228), each main deflector body (24, 25) having a leading edge (42, 231) and a trailing edge (14, 230), the outer side convex surface (56, 228) of the upper section's main deflector body (24) and the outer side convex surface (56, 228) of the lower section's main deflector body (25), respectively, lying in different planes that diverge and having an included angle of less than one hundred eighty degrees, the included angle located between: a) the outer side convex surface (56, 228) of the upper section's main deflector body (24); and b) the outer side convex surface (56, 228) of the lower section's main deflector body (25), the trawl door comprising an aspect ratio being over 2.7:1. [Image Omitted]