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Gear types?

The GEARNET project has been funded to focus on gear conservation engineering efforts that relate to targeting groundfish species of any kind. As such, we are open to working with all gear types that are used to target groundfish species. For example:

  • Trawl gear
  • Gillnet gear
  • Hook gear (Longline or jig)

17 projects funded in 2011!

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All the ideas being tested were proposed by groundfish fishermen. Read more...

 

 


GEARNET - Northeast Groundfish Gear Conservation Engineering & Demonstration Network: gearnet.org
Operating throughout the Gulf of Maine and Southern New England waters.

Coordinated by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, in partnership with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries,
the School for Marine Science and Technology, UMass and NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Cooperative Research Program.

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