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OAITW r.2.0

(28,978 posts) Tue Sep 6, 2022, 07:20 PM Sep 2022

So I read an article today that lobstering is a danger to whales. [View all]

They end up getting entangled with the trap lines/buoys when they come in to feed close to the coast.

Seems like a great industry to revolutionize with drones to dive, capture, and bring the traps up without lines and buoys. No reason that traps can't have transponders that tell the lobsterman when he is over one of his traps and then send the drone down to bring the trap back to the surface.

Still have to remove the lobsters (careful!) and rebait (pretty stinky).

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So I read an article today that lobstering is a danger to whales. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 OP

that is awful, I guess I will try to research the lobster source peacebuzzard Sep 2022 #1

But an opportunity to kick lobster fishing into the 21st century. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #3

so far I have not heard of farmed lobster peacebuzzard Sep 2022 #4

Sure, that's happening. Salmon. oysters, and other popular seafood are being farmed... OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #5

it is a great idea. peacebuzzard Sep 2022 #6

Way back in the day, it was the poor people's food on the coast. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #7

well canned tuna is still my last resort, peacebuzzard Sep 2022 #8

I was a part-time stern man (boy) for a couple of months in 1968, I think. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #9

lol, I have always called shrimp the "cockroaches" of the seas peacebuzzard Sep 2022 #10

K&R for visibility Blue Owl Sep 2022 #2