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- The U.S. NSF awarded a $15 million grant to a New England fishing group for a ‘third-eye’ camera and autonomous robots.
- The camera will let captains see species entering nets, helping avoid bycatch and quota violations.
- Autonomous robots will detect underwater high temperatures and low dissolved-oxygen pockets that can kill lobster traps.
- Jake Kritzer, executive director of the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, said the grant risks funds.
