Electric pulses drastically cut number of sharks caught by accident
The first trial of the ‘SharkGuard’ technology reduced the bycatch of blue sharks and pelagic rays by as much as 91 per cent, but didn’t impact the tuna that fishers were targeting Technology 21 November 2022 By Corryn Wetzel Grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) in Bora BoraAn electric pulse-emitting, pinkie-finger-sized device attached to fishing hooks … Read more