![]() ![]() That was also the first shareholding fishing society on the Adriatic. From Italy to Crikvenica came the principal of The Venetian Fishing School from Chioggia, the principal of the nautical school Scilla from Venice, and shipbuilding engineer Brodolli from Genoa.ĭuring the following years, Skomerža acquired a whole fishing fleet of motorized trawlers and established the fishing society Nekton in Rijeka. Šoljan writes that his initiative was heard of in Italy, so, towards the end of 1911, a group of experts arrived to check out the innovation and Ivan Skomerža’s experience with this new way of fishing. Later on, Skomerža put engines on the boats Ribar and Neptun. Up till then the trawl net was dragged by two boats powered by wind and sails. Skomerža’s boat Dinko Vitezić with a 70HP engine was the first motorized fishing boat trawler on the Mediterranean. Ivan Skomerža from Crikvenica introduced this innovation. That dream came true on the Adriatic sea in 1908. The dream of a force which could drive a boat independent of human muscles or winds is as old as the boat itself. The invention of the marine engine began a new period in the history of fishing. Ivan Skomerža, pioneer of modern fishing on the mediterranean Josip Ressel continued experimenting the propeller in Šibenik and thereby promoted his invention which later took a significant place in world navigational history. On this occasion, after a half mile journey, a pipe in the steamboat burst and the experiment was banned by the police. His invention was tested on the steamboat Civetta in Trieste’s harbour in 1829. Josip Ressel patented the boat propeller in Trieste in 1827. The only exception in this line of inventors whose accomplishments changed the navigational and fishing practices of the world was the forester from Motovun (Istria) Josip Ressel, who graduated forestry in Vienna. Their lifelong experience on the sea and the hardships of the fishing trade caused them to change the current situation, to change their fishing tools in this difficult and life threatening trade. It is an unbelievable fact that all those people who revolutionized world fishing with their inventions were mainly uneducated people, simple fishermen, without the technical knowledge gained within an educational system. Many important inventions on modern fishing boats for deep sea fishing were invented by Croatians. ![]() Josip Ressel – The inventor of the propeller
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