https://www.gear-fund.org/learn-more daily 0.75 2022-01-26 https://www.gear-fund.org/the-issue daily 0.75 2022-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef659a0417ec010b7b216bd/1594066761730-YL9HW7KS881UGLJP1KTR/figure+2.png About A “buoyless” trawl consisting only of traps and ground lines, as well as a device to retrieve the trawl (in orange; e.g., spooled rope or lift bag) and a device to mark the location of the trawl on the sea floor (in yellow). Here, the device is represented as an acoustic modem that can communicate information with a corresponding acoustic modem on a nearby boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef659a0417ec010b7b216bd/1594066597185-86KXX0HTZ4E0EI1S2W86/figure1.png About Trap fishing gear with several traps configured in a trawl. A traditional trawl consisting of two surface buoys, buoy lines, traps, and ground lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef659a0417ec010b7b216bd/1594066786204-U7BIFG7WJG86LIWPKPNJ/figure+3.png About A depiction of a chart plotter on a boat that displays the location of all buoyless fixed fishing gear on the sea floor, including single traps (single filled yellow circles) and trawls (filled yellow circles connected by yellow lines). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef659a0417ec010b7b216bd/1595877132726-82VTPNVJRGY3CSW67XFN/rghtwhale.png About A live, entangled North Atlantic right whale that later died from its injuries. Rope can been caught in the mouth and wrapped around each flipper. https://www.gear-fund.org/home daily 1.0 2022-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef659a0417ec010b7b216bd/1596236661215-6G9CQB8XXRXA8C8KXFO1/rghtwhale.png Home - The Issue Establishment of this fund is motivated by the urgent need to significantly reduce or eliminate buoy line entanglements of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale and other vulnerable marine wildlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef659a0417ec010b7b216bd/1596237150551-XL1VIYN7BIU785XVMK2N/photogrammatry%2Bwith%2Bcredit.jpg Home - Contribute to the Gear Fund To find out more on how you can contribute the Fishing Gear Location Marking Fund, click on the link below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef659a0417ec010b7b216bd/1596237469066-IDA592Y2IFD8P6RE2OS0/IMG_5675.jpg Home - Apply to the Gear Fund Do you represent a technology team with an idea for making a marketable design a reality for buoyless gear marking technology? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef659a0417ec010b7b216bd/1595864980002-TBQ9SJM2K6C4ESQTKGUQ/mother+and+calf.jpeg Home - Partnerships For buoyless gear to be a feasible solution, technology must be created and adopted that allows for gear location marking with low production and maintenance costs as well as interoperability with other manufacturers’ devices. Through partnerships built on the desire to help marine wildlife and those working on the water, we can make this idea a reality. https://www.gear-fund.org/apply daily 0.75 2024-03-18 https://www.gear-fund.org/contact daily 0.75 2020-07-08 https://www.gear-fund.org/contribute daily 0.75 2021-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef659a0417ec010b7b216bd/1596644933445-ONHCN7ND52DOFLRJEBC8/sea6.jpeg Contribute To Donate: For general questions about the Fund and how to contribute, contact: abogomolni@islandfdn.org508-748-2809 The Gear Marking Development Fund is fiscally sponsored by Global Impact, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Checks to the The Gear Marking Development Fund can be directly mailed to: Global Impact 1199 North Fairfax Street, Suite 300 Alexandria, VA 22314 Memo Line: The Gear Marking Development Fund For wire instructions, please contact: donate@charity.org