GenusWave was founded in partnership with the biologists from the world-renowned University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Our main focus, Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology (TAST), deters marine mammals from human activities, ensuring their safety and minimizing disruption. TAST operates on the autonomous auditory startle reflex, triggering avoidance responses in target species without causing harm. Our technology provides the global aquaculture and fishing industries with the benefits of increased fish retention and reduced risk of marine mammal depredation, entanglement, and interference.
We provide the only acoustic technology proven highly effective at reducing lost catch by fisheries and lowering salmon predation at fish farms by 90% or more. Our research, documented in the peer-reviewed literature, continues to explore future applications to benefit both people and wildlife. Read on to learn how GenusWave supports environmentally friendly aquaculture, helps fisheries minimize marine mammal interactions, and keeps pinnipeds away from endangered salmon in rivers.
We’ve been named a finalist in the Global Seafood Alliance’s Responsible Seafood Innovation Awards in the Fisheries category. Read on to learn what we’re doing to keep seals, orcas, and other predatory marine mammals away from fishing and aquaculture operations.
Read OnNon-Lethal Seal Deterrent in the North East Scotland Handline Mackerel Fishery: A Trial using Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology (TAST) – Report from the Rosehearty Harbour and Inshore Fisherman’s Association (RHIFA)
→Assessing the deterrence effect of target-specific acoustic startle technology on killer whales and humpback whales during interactions with Norwegian purse seine herring fishery – Report from UiT The Arctic University of Norway and the Institute of Marine Research
→Assessing Non-Lethal Seal Deterrent Options: Torbay Fishing Trials Technical – Report from the Marine Mammal Organisation (MMO)
→Development of acoustic deterrent device to mitigate seal fisheries interactions – Report from Bόrd Iascaigh Mhara (BIM)
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Come meet GenusWave at the Responsible Seafood Summit in St Andrews, Scotland, October 21-24, 2024.
