NOAA's 'road to ropeless' plan tough sell with lobstermen

It was a blessedly calm day as Scott Landry's team set out in their inflatable boat to scan the glistening waters of Great South Channel ...

The futures of right whales and lobstermen are entangled. Could ...

But NOAA's “road to ropeless” plan has been a bumpy one—for reasons beyond new-tech hitches. Martin, the lobsterman on the May expedition ...

Building the Momentum for Ropeless Fishing

After a hard-fought agreement to reduce the number of vertical lines used in the lobster fishery, the state of Maine immediately backpedaled on ...

Exploring ropeless gear for sustainable lobster fishing

On Thursday, August 29, 2024, NOAA Fisheries hosted a webinar looking at the future of ropeless, or pop-up, gear for the New England lobster fishery.

Maine's Next Generation Of Lobstermen Brace For Unprecedented ...

Lobsters collected from ropeless fishing gear are seen on Chris Welch's lobster boat off the coast of Kennebunkport, Maine, in July. The ...

Maine lobstermen signal opposition to participating in ropeless ...

Maine lobstermen are signaling their hesitation to participate in a multimillion-dollar program the state is launching to test new ropeless technology that the ...

Talk about a SPECIAL KIND OF STUPID, Ropeless Lobstering Gear ...

In their latest effort to protect endangered right whales, federal regulators have released a plan to increase the use of on-demand – or ...

Draft Ropeless Roadmap: A Strategy to Develop On-Demand ...

for public input. · The · is an important step in a series of actions NOAA Fisheries is taking to protect and conserve North Atlantic right whales ...

Maine's Next Generation Of Lobstermen Brace For Unprecedented ...

On a boat near Kennebunkport, Maine, in late July, lobsterman Chris Welch demonstrated new ropeless gear made by a Massachusetts company. It ...

NOAA Fisheries Announces New Lobster and Jonah Crab Fisheries ...

Not to scare you anymore,. NOAA has their Roadmap to. Ropeless Fishing and the Final. Plan is expected to be released by May 2022. They have re ...

North American lobster industry confronts 'ropeless' traps after whale ...

Ropeless gear, by contrast, only deploys a rope and buoy to the surface when its owner activates a release trigger by remote control. NOAA ...

Identifying the Interconnection Between Maine's Lobster Industry ...

... NOAA's ten-year plan shows the lengths regulators must go ... Lobstermen desire freedom and independence, and that makes federal regulations a tough sell.

What Will It Cost to Create a Safer Ocean for Right Whales?

Ropeless fishing gear, properly subsidized, would allow lobster fishermen to continue fishing while giving North Atlantic right whales a better ...

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Coastal ...

Following the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (Commission) withdrawal of Lobster Conservation Management Area 2 and 3 ...

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

Several kinds of ropeless gear are being evaluated in the program, which includes a total of 30 lobstermen actively testing the gear and 20 who ...

Will 'Ropeless' Fishing Gear Save the Endangered Right Whale?

Ropeless” fishing gear that minimises the number of vertical lines in the water that ensnare right whale has emerged as a potential solution ...

Developing Viable On-Demand Gear Systems | NOAA Fisheries

On-demand, also called “ropeless”, systems use far less rope in the water than traditional gear designs. To locate and haul (retrieve) gear, ...

Lobsters And Right Whales Are On A Climate-driven Collision Course

Ropeless gear promises to be a silver bullet for all trap fishing/whale conservation issues. Considerable research funding was committed by ...

ropeless fishing - fisherynation.com

continuously updated · Tag Archives: ropeless fishing · NOAA lays out plans for expanded testing of ropeless fishing technology · Despite threats from fellow ...

Feds announce funding push for ropeless fishing gear that spares ...

Federal fishing managers are promoting the use of ropeless gear in the lobster and crab fishing industries because of the plight of North ...