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New England council seeks fishermen to advise on new pop-up trap gear

April 10, 2023 — With experiments now underway with ropeless trap gear in the Northeast, the New England Fishery Management Council is recruiting fishermen for a new group for ideas on reducing potential conflicts between mobile gears and  trap lines not marked by surface buoys.

There is intense pressure on the Northeast lobster and offshore fisheries to reduce use of vertical lines, and their possibilities for entangling endangered North Atlantic right whales. The National Marine Fisheries Service sees new technology for setting trap lines with buoys that stay on the sea floor until recalled by an acoustic signal from fishermen as a promising long-term solution.

The “on-demand fishing gear conflict working group” would help the council deal with how to head off conflicts between the new gear and other fisheries like groundfish, monkfish, scallop and the recreational party and charter boat fleet.

Read the full article at National Fisherman

Land Mines of the Sea: Movement to Clean Up Fishing Gear Lost at Sea

April 14, 2016 — They are the land mines of the sea, killing long after being forgotten.

Abandoned or lost fishing gear, including traps, crab pots and nets, litter the ocean floor in coastal areas around the world. Many continue to attract, entrap and kill fish and other marine life in what’s called “ghost fishing.”

Groups, governments and companies around the world are engaged in efforts to retrieve and recycle as much of the abandoned gear as they can get their hands on. The goal is to protect the environment, prevent marine life from being killed, remove threats to navigation, and in some cases, generate energy.

Pascal van Erp, a Dutch diver who was horrified by the amount of abandoned fishing equipment he encountered, founded the Ghost Fishing Foundation to tackle the issue.

See more at NBC Philadelphia

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