How It Works

Here's a quick tour of how the system works, and what it looks like underwater!

The fisher locates the fishing gear via a dropped pin on a map
When nearby the gear, an acoustic signal is sent from the boat to the Lift attached to the lead trap
The Lift inflates a buoy, creating enough buoyancy to raise the system to the surface, attached to the rest of the trawl
The fisher puts the Lift into its docking station, where it resets
Catch is unloaded, trap by trap
Trawl is sent back overboard and pin is dropped on the map automatically

Long term testing - Narragansett, RI

Testing with commercial fisherman on an inshore trawl

Here's an interactive tour of the Lift in operation!
(Click your way through the simulation)