New ropeless fishing technology, which can help save whales, tested off N.L.:

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. –
   
  

Michael Moore, a biologist with the U.S.-based Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, said in an interview he first discussed ropeless fishing
43 years ago in Newfoundland with the late biologist Jon Lien.

Lien is known for founding the Newfoundland and Labrador Whale Release
and Strandings group and for releasing hundreds of whales tangled in
fishing ropes.

New ropeless fishing technology, which can help save whales, tested off N.L.: ST. JOHN’S, N.L. –
   
  
Michael Moore, a biologist with the U.S.-based Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, said in an interview he first discussed ropeless fishing
43 years ago in Newfoundland with the late biologist Jon Lien.
Lien is known for founding the Newfoundland and Labrador Whale Release
and Strandings group and for releasing hundreds of whales tangled in
fishing ropes.Read More