The Underwater Baited Hook is a stern-mounted, hydraulically driven device delivers baited hooks underwater, below vessel propeller turbulence, in a method much different from setting baits on the water’s surface.
Benefits of this device:
Benefits of this device:
- Potential elimination of the bycatch of seabirds that attempt to eat fish bait set at the water’s surface.
- Elimination of loss of bait to seabirds (because underwater baited hooks reach the necessary depths).
- Reductions in crew labor and vessel fuel consumption.
- Connection of the underwater baited hook machine to vessel monitoring systems allows authorities to track compliance without using onboard observers.
