Sep 3, 2023 | Info, News Story
SALT WIRE – Five years after setting out to find a solution to the problem of whales getting tangled in fishing gear, a Nova Scotia company is ready to move from research and development phase to manufacturing. Ashored Innovations has been trialing and testing a...
Aug 10, 2023 | Info, Op-Ed
PORTLAND PRESS HERALD – The recent entanglement of a humpback whale near Boothbay last month reveals a tragic story that few people know about. Most news focuses on the North Atlantic right whale, its endangered status and whether or not these right whales are...
Jul 6, 2023 | Info, Video
PBS NEWS HOUR – It’s estimated there are fewer than 350 North Atlantic right whales remaining. They are dying faster than they can produce and it’s largely due to human causes. With so few left, experts are closely monitoring for new offspring and...
May 7, 2023 | Info, News Story
PORTLAND PRESS HERALD – Along the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, scientists, engineers and fishermen are working feverishly to develop a new, high-tech way to harvest lobster – and the resultcould be the key to survival of both the U.S. lobster...
Apr 27, 2023 | Info, News Story
MAINE PUBLIC – State lawmakers are considering a measure that would create a new fund to help lobster fishermen test gear designed to reduce designed to reduce entanglement risks to endangered North Atlantic right whales. The proposed fund would set aside $1...
