Project Title |
Funding Received |
Project Summary |
Final Report |
Zap Buoy |
$20,000 |
Develop a remotely releasable submersed buoy to eliminate the vertical
lines that are used to locate lobster and crab traps. |
Zap Buoy |
Reduction of Floating Groundline Arc
Profile Study |
$60,000 |
Investigate groundline profiles in fishing
gear along the coast of Maine,
particularly floating groundlines in rocky and
strong tidal areas, in order to develop reasonable, long term gear
modifications. |
Final Report: Floating Groundline Arc
Profile Study |
Fishing Gear and Whale Flukes: A Tool for Studying Line Types and
Abrasive Impacts |
$13,325 |
Design, fabricate, and use of a load generator as a testing apparatus
for objectively evaluating the abrasive impact of various fishing gear lines
and synthetic materials on the tissues [collected from a dead stranded
animal] of a large whale fluke. |
Fishing Gear & Whale Flukes: A Tool for Studying
Line Types and Abrasive Impacts |
Secondary Phase of the Construction, Testing and Evaluation of a
Low Cost Bottom Release Device |
$40,000 |
Design, construct, and evaluate a rope cutting device used to sever the
buoy line after tension is applied for a pre-determined amount of time. In addition, produce 80 machined plastic units for
extensive at sea testing. |
Further Development of the Time Tension Line Cutter
as a Solution to Vertical Lines used in Fixed Gear Fisheries |
Cost and Acceptance Evaluation for an Acoustic Release System for
Buoy Lines used in Pot and Net Fisheries |
$5,000 |
Evaluate the cost feasibility and the potential industry acceptance of
a low-cost acoustic release system for buoy lines used in pot and net
fisheries. |
Cost and Acceptance Evaluation for an Acoustic
Release System for Buoy Lines Used in Pot and Net Fisheries |
Testing and Product Development of a Marine Safety Recovery Device |
$10,500 |
Develop a device that enables the retrieval of submerged lost gear.
Through intensive field testing and end-user focus group research and
analysis, develop recommendations for a low cost unit that withstands the
rigors of the marine environment. |
Marine Safety Recovery Device (MSRD) |
Weak Rope and Its Role in Reducing Right Whale Entanglement |
$20,000 |
Develop a weak rope for use in gillnet floatlines (lines from which net panels are hung). In addition to lab testing, test the
prototype rope in the field by distributing this rope to commercial
fishermen. |
Making and Testing Weak Rope (submitted in January 2005) |
