Wooden buoys developed to aid research while reducing marine waste

December 14, 2024 10:58 PM

Wooden buoys developed to aid research while reducing marine waste. Thousands of buoys used for science end up as marine waste — one Tasmanian group is helping to change this. They've created a wooden prototype that can survive the ocean's harshest conditions.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (4 comments total)

Well this is going to be on the agenda at my research group's next meeting.
posted by biffa at 1:11 AM on December 15, 2024 [4 favorites]

oooo, looking forw to finding one of these on a beach in the Northern Hemisphere. It's five years since one of "my" buoys was the subject of a filler piece on the back page of the Machias [Maine] Valley News Observer. From the info scrawled on this flotsam I was able to google-up an entry in the Vessel & Permit Listing - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office which recorded the fishing boat and her Cap'n. The newspaper effectively acted as Lost&Found. BobTheBeach
posted by BobTheScientist at 1:42 AM on December 15, 2024 [2 favorites]

That’s a lot of buoys!
posted by Captaintripps at 5:07 AM on December 15, 2024

They're good buoys, Brent!
posted by 43rdAnd9th at 6:06 AM on December 15, 2024 [3 favorites]