Boat International - June 2018

(National Geographic (Little) Kids) #1

Every five minutes an albatross, right and
below right, dies on a fishing hook somewhere
in the world. The Hookpod, far right, greatly
reduces the danger to seabirds and turtles
from longline fishing hooks. Below: a swordfish
is caught by longline fishermen


Ben Kibel, left and right, founded Fishtek
Marine in 1999. One of its products was
ProGlow, a reusable alternative to chemical
lightsticks, below, which are used to attract fish
such as swordfish but which are polluting and
indestructible and wash up on beaches

PHOTOGRAPHY: GETTY IMAGES
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