Why Everything You've Heard About 'Ropeless' Crab Fishing being
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Gear-lending program has harvesters working through closures and trying ropeless fishing gear without commitment - Responsible Seafood Advocate
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This fishing gear can help save whales. What will it take for fishermen to use it?
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Is ropeless fishing ready for prime time? - Island Institute
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THE GEAR 2024 – Sustainable Seas Technology
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Will 'Ropeless' Fishing Gear Save the Endangered Right Whale?
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How new fishing technology could help save North Atlantic right whales - The Globe and Mail
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Ropeless Fishing in Scotland - Sustainable Seas Technology
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South Atlantic council mulling use of ropeless gear in black sea bass fishery
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KUOW - This fishing gear can help save whales. What will it take for fishermen to use it?
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Virtual Interoperable Gear Marking - Sustainable Seas Technology
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New ropeless fishing technology, which can help save whales, tested off Newfoundland
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Sustainable Seas Technology - Coastal Community & Cetacean Conservation through Innovation
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Gear Innovation - Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
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Ropeless Research Compendium - Sustainable Seas Technology
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U.S. Charts Course for Adopting Ropeless Fishing To Reduce Whale Deaths - The Good Men Project