Presentations

1. Overcoming Development, Regulatory and Funding Challenges for Rope-less Fishing in the U.S. and Canada: Mark Baumgartner

2. Overview of Status and Trends in the North Atlantic Right Whale Population: Scott Kraus

3. A Review of Gear Measures to Reduce Entanglements of NARWs (Eubalaena glacialis): T. B. Werner

4. Rope-less Fishing in Practice Today: Michael Moore

5. Bottom-Stowed Line Spool for On-Call Fishing Gear: Jim Partan, Keenan Ball & Tim Werner

6. Preventing Whale Entanglements while Improving the Pot Fisher’s Business: ARC-1XDA Rope-less Fishing Method: Marco Flagg & Jacob Wolf

7. Examining Functional Utility of Line-Less Fishing: Richard Riels

8. Resolving gear conflicts: Mark Baumgartner (best viewed in Powerpoint as a Slide Show)

9. Introduction to the Regulatory Landscape: Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan: Mike Asaro

10. Federal Surface Gear Marking Requirements and Regulatory Process: Peter W. Burns

11. Amendment to the Fishery (General) Regulations: Overcoming Development, Regulatory, and Funding Challenges for Rope-less Fishing in the U.S. and Canada: Annette Rumbolt

12. Development plan for rope-less fishing: Mark Baumgertner, Michael Moore, Amy Knowlton, Tim Werner, and Scott Kraus