Project Title |
Funding Received |
Project Summary |
Final Report |
Design and Construction of a Knotless Release Link |
$19,200 |
Design and construct a knotless line cutter as an integral part of
a plastic buoy stick using quick attach technology. Test and record
hydrodynamic coefficients over a range of travel velocities that might be
associated with an entangled whale. |
No Final Report. Project Terminated. |
Remote Fishing Gear Data Identification |
$17,000 |
Develop and test a microchip interrogator (that can be used by
aircraft or standoff surface craft) to identify the radio frequency identification
(RFID) chip technology developed for fishing gear rope identification
(“Investigations into the Adaptation of Microchip Technology to the
Identification of Fishing Lines”). |
No Final Report. Project Terminated. |
Offshore Link for Lobster Buoy Lines |
$12,500 |
Create a mold to produce off-the-shelf weak links in a variety of
breaking strengths, such as 600 lb., 1100 lb., 1500 lb., and 2000 lb. |
Offshore Link for Lobster Buoy Lines |
Lobster Groundline Buyback and Recycling
Business Plan |
$20,000 |
Develop a business management plan with a variety of
collaborators, including the Maine lobster industry, aimed at reducing the use of floating line in the Maine lobster fishery. Components of the Management Plan include the identification
and development of a groundline buyback and
recycling program. |
Lobster Groundline Buyback
and Recycling (ME) |
Trigger Release – A Knotless Buoy Line Cutter |
$4,900 |
Develop a release mechanism (similar to the time tension line
cutter) that is attached to the buoy and contains a pre-loaded cutting blade
that senses a load, for example, if a large whale is entangled by the mouth
in the buoy line. |
Trigger Release - A Knotless Buoy Line Cutter |
Jog Lock Gear Device |
$4,900 |
Develop a device that will allow inshore lobster fishermen to
safely and effectively haul back gear that is rigged with a time tension line
cutter. |
Jog Lock Fin Gear Device |
Microchip Insertion Tool for Identifying Fishing Lines |
$19,800 |
Design and develop a hand-manipulated device that would allow for
the implantation of microchips into fishing lines. These microchips would
allow for the identification of entangling lines on large whales. |
Final Report Not Yet Received. |
