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New ‘ropeless’ fishing gear could have a massive impact on our oceans: ‘[This] isn’t going away...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA new type of “ropeless” fishing gear may save whales off California’s coasts. NPR recently reported...
Ropeless gear program will keep P.E.I. snow crab harvester on water despite whale sightings
CBC via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA P.E.I. snow crab fisherman will be able to finish up his season, despite being on the edge of a...
North American lobster industry confronts 'ropeless' traps after whale entanglements
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn emerging technology to fish for lobsters virtually ropeless to prevent whale entanglements is...
NOAA lays out plans for expanded testing of ropeless fishing technology
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 11—In their latest effort to protect endangered right whales, federal regulators have released a plan to increase the use of on-demand — or ropeless — fishing gear, an initiative that includes ...
Lobsters versus right whales: The latest chapter in a long quest to make fishing more sustainable
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLobster fishing uses a lot of rope, and whales can die after becoming entangled in it....
Surviving fishing gear entanglement isn’t enough for endangered right whales – females still don’t...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEven when female North Atlantic right whales survive entanglement in fishing gear, it may affect...
Maine fishing gear contributed to death of right whale that washed up on Martha’s Vineyard
WFXT via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAnimal advocates are demanding action after federal officials determined that entanglement in Maine...
High number of whales entangled in fishing gear last year
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhale entanglements on the U.S. West Coast last year remained higher than the pre-2014 historic...
'Emergency effort.' $82 million dedicated to right whale conservation. Can it save them?
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhen Charles "Stormy" Mayo looks out at Cape Cod Bay and sees North Atlantic right whales, he sees a...
Huge sea creature gets entangled in fishing gear — for 2nd time — off Canada, group says
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA female North Atlantic right whale was recently spotted off the east coast of Canada ensnared in...