Article 5GAXA Ropeless fishing tech could help save rare whale, say scientists

Ropeless fishing tech could help save rare whale, say scientists

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Ashifa Kassam
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Virtual buoys and time triggered traps reduce risk to endangered North Atlantic right whale, but reactions among fishers in US and Canada are mixed

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 whale nears the brink of extinction - amid reports of whales tangled in metres of thick fishing lines and findings suggesting 85% 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.

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