Nov 29, 2023 | Info, News Story
PORTLAND PRESS HERALD – Maine lobstermen are signaling their hesitation to participate in a multimillion-dollar program the state is launching to test new ropeless technology that the federal government soon may require to protect the endangered North Atlantic...
Oct 10, 2023 | Info, News Story
RESPONSIBLE SEAFOOD ADVOCATE – Snow crab fishers in one area of Nova Scotia had a new visitor this season and found themselvesclosed out of their fishing waters. “We got a 37 percent cut in our quota and [Northern right] whales presented themselves in our zone...
Sep 18, 2023 | Info, News Story
PORTLAND PRESS HERALD – The federal government plans to invest $82 million over the next three years to develop new technology and methods to rescue the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from extinction. On Monday, the Biden administration...
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...
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...
