Acoustically triggered buoyless lobster trap recovery system | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction

Turner, H., DeCew, J., Goldsmith, D., and S. Brimlow UNH/U. of Maine Sea Grant College Program This work is the result of research sponsored in part, by the National Sea Grant College Program, NOAA, Department of Commerce, under grant 3NA76RG0084 through the University of New Hampshire/University of Maine Sea Grant College Program.

This report describes a buoyless lobster trap that has an acoustic trigger mechanism. An existing lobster trap would contain all the components except for the transmitter, which consisted of a prototype developed using a Hummingbird Fish Finder.