Saving sharks with magnets
Thousands of sharks could be saved from being killed on fishing lines thanks to the winning entry of this year's WWF-sponsored Smart Gear competition.
International fishing gear competition lands over 80 entries
More than 80 inventors have entered the second International Smart Gear Competition in the hope of winning the US$25,000 grand prize for the best new fishing gear that will allow fishermen to target their intended catch while leaving other marine life untouched.
WWF Smart Gear competition hooks multi-national experts to choose winner
WWF has announced the judging panel for this year’s WWF International Smart Gear Competition. The contest was created by WWF to encourage the design of innovative fishing gear to reduce marine bycatch – the incidental catch and related deaths of marine mammals, birds, sea turtles and non-target fish species.
WWF launches fishing gear competition to reduce marine bycatch
WWF has launched the second WWF Interantinoal Smart Gear competition, seeking innovative fishing gear that reduces marine bycatch — the accidental catch and related deaths of marine mammals, birds, sea turtles and non-target fish species in fishing gear such as nets and longlines.
Winners of international competition to reduce marine bycatch announced
WWF's International Smart Gear Competition announced three new winning solutions to prevent the accidental maiming and killing of marine mammals, juvenile fish, and sea turtles that become ensnared by fishing nets and longlines.
WWF calls for marine turtle bycatch reduction
WWF is calling on participants attending an international sea turtle forum to reverse the dramatic decline of loggerhead and leatherback turtles through bycatch reduction.