Subject: Case Study: Of Lobsters and Whales 2
Michael Williamson (pita@whale.simmons.edu)
Tue, 6 Aug 1996 15:36:44 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 14:35:41 -0700
From: Jim Moore <jjmoore@ucsd.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list MARMAM <MARMAM@UVVM.BITNET>
Subject: Re: news clip - whale traps
I don't know if it would be cost-effective, but wouldn't the whale/lobster
pot problem be eased if there was some way to get the buoys well below the
surface? I suspect it'd be *technologically* feasible to put a
pinger-activated spool on the traps, so that a fisherman could 'release' a
float line only when retrieving the trap (NB, if release signals were coded
this would also prevent trap piracy). Alternatively, a float line light
enough for a whale to easily break, with heavy hauling line either spooled
on the trap or some sort of pulley system for hooking the heavy line up
from the surface... This _sounds_ like a problem that doesn't *have* to
be...
cheers
Jim
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