Project Summary

This report summarizes the spring 2025 results of an Experimental Fishing Permit (EFPT2-001) to test Alternative Gear in the California Dungeness crab fishery. The EFP tested a fully integrated on-demand fishing system from Sub Sea Sonics and Guard…

After a month of preparations in our homeport of Crescent City, California, the good ship Miss Heidi finally made it down to Bodega Bay to participate in an experimental “pop-up” buoy test fishery for Dungeness Crab. Along with about 30 other commercial crab boats…

AP Article - 2025 California EFP  

The gear lets fishermen use a remote-operated, acoustic release device to pop-up a crab pot from the ocean floor rather than have it tethered to a floating buoy. Pots can be strung together with ropes laid horizontally instead of…