Virtual buoys and time triggered traps reduce risk to endangered North Atlantic right whale, but reactions among fishers in US and Canada are mixed
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About this contentAshifa Kassam@ashifa_kThu 8 Apr 2021 06.43 EDT
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Ropes that spring to the water’s surface when summoned and virtual buoys could hold the key to saving one of the world’s most endangered whale species, scientists and conservation groups have said.
As the North Atlantic right whalenears the brink of extinction– amid reports of whales tangled in metres of thick fishing lines and findings suggesting85% of the population have been entangled at least once– calls have grown for the adoption of ropeless fishing, using gear that does not involve any vertical lines.
“Ropeless was seen as a kind of…
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