The small population of North Atlantic right whales is in danger of extinction. These whales were hunted nearly to extinction by commercial whalers by the end of the 1700s, but today are at risk from entanglement in...
Underwater traps or nets linked to a surface buoy by a weak line. To haul the gear, a messenger device would be sent down the weak line along with a stronger hauling line. The messenger device would attach to the hauling line to the bottom gear for retrieving the gear. The premise is that a large whale would easily break free from a weak line suspended in the water column and the stronger line needed for hauling could be located out of harm’s way.