Address impediments to implementation of on-demand fishing gear through cost reduction, adaptability, outreach, and training. Project will reduce the risk of entanglements to marine species and the impacts of time-area closures on traditional trap fishing communities through increasing the adoption of innovative fishing gear.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Fisheries Innovation Fund
Project Title: Improving Adoption of On-Demand Fishing Gear in New England Trap Fisheries (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI)
Organization:
Sub Sea Sonics
Project ID:
0303.24.081474
Description:
Award Amount:
$927500.00
Location:
Coastal Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, California, Georgia, and North Carolina.