Abstract: A stopper component for use in trawling equipment which is made of metal and has one end formed to resemble a chain link, an opposite end in the form of a shackle and a central portion intermediate the two ends provided with outwardly projecting shoulders to prevent the stopper component from being passed through a Kelly's Eye.

Abstract: A link component for use in trawling gear which is made of metal and has at one end a closed loop, the other end having two projecting arms which, together with part of the loop, provide a clevis or shackle, the arms of which have apertures to receive a connecting pin for connection to an end link of a chain and wherein the loop is sufficiently wide at its end remote from the shackle to receive a pair of couplers for two wire ropes or chains and wherein at least one of the wide pieces of the closed loop is provided with a recess or flat sufficiently wide to enable a hook of predetermined size to be hooked onto the loop provided the throat of the hook is correctly orientated.

Abstract: A shackle component for use in a fishing trawl in the form of a pair of shackles or clevises arranged in back-to-back relationship with the free ends of the arms of each extending away from each other, each of the arms of each shackle being apertured to receive a connecting pin and at least one of the arms of each shackle having a further aperture therein to receive a locking pin to hold the connecting pin in place.

Abstract: A Kelly's Eye component for a fishing trawl is disclosed, the component being formed of metal and having one end in the form of a ring defining an aperture which is sufficiently large to allow passage of a trawl rope, the other end of the component being in the form of a shackle, the two arms of which are apertured to receive a connecting pin and at least one of the arms having a further aperture therein extending at right angles to the first aperture and arranged tangential thereto to receive a locking pin so that an end link of a chain may be connected to the shackle.