Aug 10, 2020
Can shark appetites undermine the use of descending devices as a conservation strategy? A research team led by one of the scientists who appeared on SHARKFEST, Marcus Drymon of Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant, decided to find out.
Jul 13, 2020
1,000 anglers received descending devices to try out for free, and here’s what they thought.
Mar 16, 2020
Hand-crank electrofishing — or “telephoning” — is a recreational fishing technique that has been legal in North Carolina since 1985. As the name suggests, it involves using a telephone generator to produce low-voltage alternating current by turning a hand crank, which stuns catfish.
Feb 24, 2020
New science shows they usually don’t.
Apr 8, 2019
Chance of survival increases when releasing a fish through use of a descending device — a tool that returns a fish to its depth at capture.
Feb 4, 2019
The use of descending devices in offshore bottom-fishing can combat the potentially life-threatening effects on fish brought up from depth.
Jan 7, 2019
If circle hooks were required, what impact would it have?
