Add acoustic marking technologies to proven lift-bag fishing gear and on vessel technology to automatically mark fishing gear both on and off vessels. Project will aid in adoption of technologies for conservation of North Atlantic right whales that remove line entanglement risk through collaboration, practice, support, education and outreach.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Fisheries Innovation Fund
Project Title: Partnering with Stakeholders to Build Enforceable On-Demand Gear for Commercial Fisheries (MA, ME)
Organization:
smelts Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society
Project ID:
0303.24.081407
Description:
Award Amount:
$1458234.03
Location:
Coastal Massachusetts and Maine