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Company Information:
Name:
SharkDefense
Address:
146 Notch Road
Oak Ridge, NJ 07438-9998
Oak Ridge, NJ 07438-9998
Located in HUBZone:
No
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
URL:
N/A
Phone:
N/A
Award Totals:
Award List:
SBIR Phase I:Advanced Hook Material for Commercial Fisheries
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2010 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:
NSF
Principal Investigator:
Eric M. Stroud, PhD
Award Amount:
$166,809.00
Abstract:
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 project addresses unintended shark catch in commercial fisheries by creating an advanced fishing hook material that is repellent to sharks and not repellent to market-valuable fish. In the commercial longline fishing industry, it is not uncommon… More