The Road to Ropeless Fishing Gear

'Ropeless Fishing Gear' Topic of NB Science Cafe - 1420 WBSM

Marine researcher Kim Sawicki will discuss the concept of ropeless fishing gear Tuesday night during a virtual session of the New Bedford Science Cafe.

Ropeless Systems and Whale Release Ropes - Fishery Progress

Decades of using fishing closures and modifications to fishing gear have not shown progress in reversing the threatened status of this ...

Feds announce funding push for ropeless fishing gear that ... - WTOP

Nearly $7 million of that will support the development of ropeless gear by providing funds to fishing industry members to assess and provide ...

New 'Pop-Up' Fishing Gear Could Reduce Whale Entanglements

“In 2021, that fishery is set to use ropeless fishing as the preferred method of fishing,” says Tyler McKinney, sales and marketing manager ...

Endangered Whales Get Lifeline From High-Tech Lobster Traps - WSJ

Martin is one of more than two dozen lobstermen now testing new, ropeless fishing gear designed to protect the North Atlantic right whale, a ...

Future of right whale safe fishing gear could be in Southern waters

The ropeless gear effort is part of NOAA's North Atlantic Right Whale Road to Recovery.

“Ropeless” crab gear gets funding for tests - Coastside News

“If the gear proves successful, it could be authorized as soon as next year for use by all California commercial Dungeness crab fishermen, providing an ...

This fishing gear can help save whales. What will it take for ... - WAMU

Pop-up fishing gear, also known as on-demand or ropeless gear, keeps the rope and buoy stowed on the ocean floor, until the fisherman comes to retrieve it.

North American Lobster Industry Confronts 'Ropeless' - Marine Link

Traditional lobster fishing uses traps that sink to the ocean floor and are connected by a rope to a buoy floating at the surface. Ropeless gear ...

Bill Text - AB-534 Fishing: ropeless fishing gear.

... gear, is the only way to eliminate entanglement risk while permitting fishing to continue. The gear allows traps on the seafloor to be ...

Ropeless Fishing Breakfast Series - Desert Star Systems - Odoo

Ropeless Fishing Proves Successful In Cape Town & California Is Ready For 2021 · Tools for Conservation Management and Commercial Engagement · Re-arm an ARC with ...

Gear Innovation | National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

As part of this effort, the Foundation is supporting a collaborative effort to trial fishing gear modifications and innovations designed to reduce entanglements ...

Ropeless Fishing - Maritime Injury Law Blog

Proponents of ropeless gear argue that the technology offers a new way to allow crabbing to continue while protecting endangered species like ...

Ropeless Fishing Gear Offers. From Problem To Solution… - Medium

Ropeless fishing gear represents a solution to the environmental challenges associated with traditional fishing methods. Unlike conventional ...

Black Sea Bass Fishery — Georgia Conservancy

... ropeless fishing gear”, to encourage sustainably-caught black sea bass. On ... Fishing for many commercial businesses is a family affair and way of life that has ...

Endangered Whales Still Get Tangled in Fishing Gear

Various lawsuits from both sides of the issue were wending their way through the courts. The battle over whale entanglement was heating up again ...

Oceans North - The invention of so-called ropeless fishing...

The invention of so-called ropeless fishing gear is a bid to reduce the number of ropes dangling in the ocean. But the first step to overcoming...

Oceana Calls For Ropeless Fishing Gear After Yet Another Right ...

Ropeless gear allows fishing activity to continue while preventing entanglements, removing webs of dangerous ropes from the path of migrating ...

Decline in on-demand fishing gear costs with learning - Frontiers

There are 3 basic types of on-demand (or “ropeless”) fishing technologies in development: 1 with a bottom-stowed endline contained within a trap, 1 with an ...

CONCERN ABOUT 'ROPELESS' EXPERIMENTS IS NOT CODE ...

There's plenty of steam building to require on-demand trap fishing gear – “ropeless” lobster pots – to protect endangered Right Whales. And it ...