Real Fishermen, Real Fishery, California 2024 EFP Results
Five minute video presentation regarding pop-up commercial Dungeness crab fishing in California. Many frequently asked questions and voiced concerns are addressed in this detailed video presentation.
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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…
Large-Scale Testing of Pop-up Fishing Gear Successfully Demonstrates Potential to Re-Open the California Commercial Dungeness Crab Spring Fishery While Protecting Whales from Entanglement
San Francisco, Calif. — The US West Coast’s most extensive testing of pop-up fishing gear to date recently concluded off the coast of California in the state’s Dungeness crab fishery. The purpose of the demonstration was to evaluate the performance of the gear wh…