Helping fishermen
catch fish,
not birds
The Underwater Bait Setter keeps birds off baits, and baits on hooks.
Helping fishermen
The Challenges
Longline fishing is a tough business with many days spent at sea in difficult conditions. For those that fish the southern oceans, there are additional challenges. South of 25 degrees, albatrosses and petrels hunt in large numbers and often take baits, reducing the effectiveness of fishing.
The Underwater Bait Setter solves this problem by setting hooks underwater, reducing bait loss and eliminating seabird bycatch.
Prevents bait loss
and improves fish catch
Eliminates seabird bycatch without the need for other mitigation methods
Makes longline fishing more profitable
and sustainable
The Underwater Bait Setter
The Underwater Bait Setter is reliable, cost-effective, easy to use and environmentally friendly. It is proven as a stand-alone bycatch mitigation measure and will enable fishing at any time of the day, on any part of the ocean without the need for night setting or tori lines.
Easy To Use
Designed and tested for
difficult conditions
Reliable and Long Lasting
A 12-year life span with a standard maintenance schedule
Cost Effective
Short payback period and no on-going costly consumables
Environmentally friendly
Doesn’t release any plastic or
metal into the ocean
You're in good company
Users can see the benefits. Here is some of the feedback we’ve received.
“The most important thing for me is that I want to introduce a new concept to the sailors and members of the crew – the concept of responsible fishing – it means avoiding, so far as possible, seabird mortality and irresponsible fishing.”
Alfredo Olaya
Uruguayan Fishing Master
“It's easy to use. It keeps bait off the surface and it stops the birds following. It reduces bait loss, and does away with the need for a tori line and night setting.”
Henry Brennan
Skipper, Altair Fishing Ltd NZ
