New ropeless fishing technology, which can help save whales, tested off Newfoundland
Fishers can release the traps into the water and find them again through an acoustic signal.
Source: cbc.ca
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New ropeless fishing technology tested off N.L.
A renowned whale scientist says the deployment last month of ropeless fishing gear off Newfoundland was symbolic for him.
Source: atlantic.ctvnews.ca
Lobsterman v. Lobsterman: Fight Over 'Ropeless' Fishing Divides Industry
The conflict within the lobster fishing community is the latest front in an ongoing battle over what accommodations fishermen can and should make to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
Source: capeandislands.org
Coastal News Today | CAN - Ropeless fishing tech could help save rare whale, say scientists (with ASPN Podcast)
Ropes that spring to the water’s surface when summoned and virtual buoys could hold the key to saving one of the world’s most endangered whale species, scientists and conservation groups have said. As the North Atlantic right whale nears the brink of extinction – amid reports of whales tangled in metres of thick fishing lines and findings suggesting 85% of the population have been entangled at least once – calls have grown for the adoption of ropeless fishing, using gear that does not involve any vertical lines. “Ropeless was seen as a kind of crazy idea before,” said Mark Baumgar...
Source: coastalnewstoday.com