Ropeless Fishing Systems Hold Promise for Fishermen

Ropeless Fishing Systems Hold Promise for Fishermen—and Whales

Investment in ropeless fishing now could lead to a future in which the lobster and crab industries use a mix of traditional and ropeless gear to ...

Ropeless Fishing Systems Hold Promise for Fishermen—and Whales

Ropeless Fishing Systems Hold Promise for Fishermen—and Whales. October 22, 2020. The Pew Charitable Trusts. To help advance the effort to find a feasible ...

Ropeless traps offer little promise to fishermen or whales ...

MONHEGAN ISLAND, Maine, June 7 (Reuters) - An emerging technology to fish for lobsters virtually ropeless to prevent whale entanglements is ...

Ropeless Consortium – Towards whales without rope entanglements

... fishing gear to reduce whale entanglements, including ropeless systems. ... rope-less fishing has the exciting promise to eliminate all trap/pot gear ...

Building the Momentum for Ropeless Fishing

Fishermen don't intentionally entangle whales – they lose valuable fishing gear and their catch when that happens. But the reality is that U.S. ...

Rope-less Fishing: A vision for how it can work - Ropeless Consortium

While fishermen may not see right whales often (or ever) at sea, right whales encounter fishing gear throughout their range regularly. Pot and trap gear, such ...

Ropeless Fishing Shows Promise, But There's a Catch - WGBH

... whales. It's being held up by technical, regulatory, and financial factors. “If you talk to fishermen about ropeless fishing, one of the ...

Ropeless Fishing Gear Offers Hope for Fishermen and Whales

Ropeless fishing gear is the way forward to keep both North Atlantic right whales and New England's fishing traditions alive.

Ropeless fishing traps to save whales show promise in spring fishery

Eventually, a system would also need to be set up so the Department of Fisheries and Oceans can keep track of all the traps in the water. " ...

New England Lobster and Crab Fishermen Slowly Move to Adopt ...

Some fishermen have provided constructive insights from their ... Ropeless Fishing Systems Hold Promise for Whales. Quick View. Ropeless.

Exploring ropeless gear for sustainable lobster fishing

Rob Morris (EdgeTech) works with three Pt. Judith, Rhode Island fishermen, in preparation for on-demand fishing trials.

Is ropeless fishing gear a whale-safe solution for American Lobster?

Ropeless, also called “on-demand” fishing gear aims to reduce vertical lines in the water column for trap fisheries like lobster.

Ropeless fishing tech could help save rare whale, say scientists

Virtual buoys and time triggered traps reduce risk to endangered North Atlantic right whale, but reactions among fishers in US and Canada ...

Past and Current Projects - Sustainable Seas Technology

Photo by Bryan Fluech, UGA Marine Extension/Georgia Sea Grant. Developing on-demand or 'ropeless' fish trap gear could allow more fishermen to keep working in ...

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

It's one they hope will both keep the North Atlantic right whale from sinking into oblivion and allow the region's fisheries to continue ...

How 'pop-up' fishing gear could save whales and fishermen - NPR

"I think this on-demand system, this ropeless fishing, is a very human way to tackle the problem because it's technology," says Mark Baumgartner ...

ropeless fishing - fisherynation.com

In an effort to address the two main causes of human-induced whale mortality, vessel strikes and entanglement in fishing gear, the National Oceanic and ...

On-Demand Fishing - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA

... systems to determine which system works best for their particular fishery. ... WDC is part of the Ropeless Consortium, which provides a platform for fishers ...

Kim Sawicki - Sustainable Seas Technology

Providing incentives to fishermen for using ropeless fishing technology that lowers the risk ... Conclusion: The Promise of Ropeless Fishing Gear.

2024 IWC U.S. On-Demand Fishing Gear Final

In November 2023, as part of the ongoing research and development of on-demand fishing as described in the Ropeless Roadmap, NOAA Fisheries and partners held an ...