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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2009
Alan Robert Hails, Osprey, FL (US);
Peter Thomas Hull, Sarasota, FL (US);
Dean Dougherty, Sarasota, FL (US);
Alan Robert Hails, Osprey, FL (US);
Peter Thomas Hull, Sarasota, FL (US);
Dean Dougherty, Sarasota, FL (US);
Mote Marine Laboratory, Inc., Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
A fishing buoy for reducing injury or premature mortality in target fish species and endangered or protected bycatch includes: After a fish or bycatch strike the trigger changes the transmitter state to provide an indication that a strike has occurred, the leader and transmitter are decoupled, and the leader is free to rotate around the central axis without entangling the anchor or other underwater restraining device.
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