Smart Gear Competition Offers Cash Prizes for Bycatch Solutions The World Wildlife Fund’s International Smart Gear Competition was created to inspire and reward practical, innovative fishing gear designs that reduce bycatch – the accidental catch and related deaths of sea turtles, birds, marine mammals, and other non-target species in fishing gear. The competition is open to anyone with an interest in this issue, including fishermen, professional gear manufacturers, teachers, students, engineers, scientists and backyard inventors. The grand prize is $30,000, and two runner-up prizes of $10,000 will also be awarded. The deadline for submissions is July 31, 2007. Smart Gear Competition Offers Cash Prizes for Bycatch Solutions The World Wildlife Fund’s International Smart Gear Competition was created to inspire and reward practical, innovative fishing gear designs that reduce bycatch – the accidental catch and related deaths of sea turtles, birds, marine mammals, and other non-target species in fishing gear. The competition is open to anyone with an interest in this issue, including fishermen, professional gear manufacturers, teachers, students, engineers, scientists and backyard inventors. The grand prize is $30,000, and two runner-up prizes of $10,000 will also be awarded. The deadline for submissions is July 31, 2007.
