Ropeless fishing traps to save whales show promise in spring fishery

Ten fishermen out of Shippigan, N.B., were testing ropeless trap technology during the spring crab fishery that is designed to protect ...

Ten fishermen out of Shippagan, N.B., were testing ropeless trap technology during the spring crab fishery that is designed to protect ...

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

When whales get entangled, they entangle in ropes; they do not entangle in traps or buoys, only in ropes. Therefore, one of the most effective approaches to ...

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

The price tag for pop-up systems can cost from hundreds to thousands of dollars per unit, which adds up for boats with hundreds of traps. To ...

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

Scientists blame the declining whale population on the twin tolls exacted by ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. “Ropeless” fishing ...

Slinky pots and ropeless gear become next angles for whale ...

So-called pop-up or ropeless gear, instead of the traditional vertical lines connecting trap lines to buoys, are seen by some agencies and ...

Video: Lose the Rope, Give Whales Hope - NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries is developing ropeless fishing gear to help prevent marine mammal entanglement off the coast of New England.

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 ...

Ropeless Fishing Systems Hold Promise for Fishermen—and Whales

This would not only relieve pressure on the right whale population but would also help foster a market for ropeless technologies by creating an ...

Is 'Ropeless' Fishing the Solution to End Fatal Entanglements for ...

Normally, when a lobsterman checks his traps, he looks for his buoys on the water surface. But with ropeless technology, buoys and vertical ...

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

One emerging solution that has the potential to reduce risk to whales while allowing fishermen to harvest fish and shellfish during buoy line closures is on- ...

Pop-up pots and the search for 'whale-safe' gear | National Fisherman

According to Caroline Coogan at NOAA, ropeless gear can be used in areas that aren't closed to trap fishing if fishermen get authorization from ...

The Long Road to Ropeless Fishing - Hakai Magazine

In an attempt to protect the withering whale population, government agencies have restricted fishing gear and closed fisheries along the Eastern ...

Outdoor Nova Scotia | Facebook

... ropeless-traps-right-whale- experiments-1.5823109. CBC.CA. Ropeless fishing traps to save whales show promise in spring fishery | CBC News. Ten fishermen ...

Evaluating alternatives to reduce whale entanglements in ...

Fishermen can then avoid placing traps where the whales are. This, however, requires the fishermen to voluntarily communicate, potentially causing conflict with ...

Fishing Industry and Others Look to Gear Innovations to Reduce ...

Ropeless traps and other technology show promise but challenges remain, Canadian experts say · Table of Contents · Q: Tell us about right whales ...

Past and Current Projects - Sustainable Seas Technology

South Atlantic council opens door to 'ropeless' fish trap gear ... The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council started a process to allow on-demand or 'ropeless ...

Ropeless Consortium – Towards whales without rope entanglements

The development and eventual operational use of rope-less fishing has the exciting promise to eliminate all trap/pot gear entanglements, the cause of most right ...

Why are California crab fishermen fighting to save humpback whales?

Whether ropeless fishing gear succeeds in California could set the precedent for other fisheries grappling with whale entanglement problems.

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. ...