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Releasing Mako Sharks: “there’s an app for that”

Posted on February 2, 2012 by avatar

Before  you hit the water this holiday weekend, check out these useful  SmartPhone apps.

NOAA  Fisheries’ Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Management Division recently released a new app for Andriod phones that allows anglers to share  information about catching and releasing shortfin mako sharks. The  “Release Mako” application was designed using Google App  Inventor, and it is the very first federal government tool of its kind.

Using the Release Mako app, anglers can now report live releases  of shortfin mako sharks in real-time simply by using  their Android mobile devices. The app uses GPS to fill in  location coordinates on shortfin mako live releases and submits information via  email by                  fishermen, quite literally putting their mako on the Map.

Overfishing  is occurring on the North Atlanitc shortfin mako shark population. By releasing  shortfin mako sharks that are unintentionally caught or caught for sport,  fishermen can lead the way for conserving this shark species.

To  download the application, visit the Android  Market This is the Exit Disclaimer icon or visit the NOAA Fisheries Release Mako website.

If you’re particularly smartphone savy, you can use the QR Code This is the Exit Disclaimer icon (to the right) by  holding your smartphone to the screen and choosing QR code reader.
Smart Buoys On Your  Smartphone


Although the first federal application to use Google App Inventor, Release  Mako is the second time NOAA developed an Andriod application. Those looking  for real-time observations of weather, water conditions, and water quality  from up and down the Chesapeake Bay can now get data from NOAA’s Interpretive  Buoys. iPhone and Droid owners can now get buoy data in a flash by using the Smart Buoys app available in the iTunes and  Android Market stores.

I am literally Getting an I-Phone tomorrow and this will be 1 of my 1st App’s I will add to my phone. Wow how cool would it be to have one for Striped Bass or any other kind of Fish for that Matter. Push a Button and it logs all info location,date, time, tides, weather from 1 button NOW THAT WOULD BE COOL!!!

Remember you heard it here 1st :)

Capt.Paul Peluso
www.MamaMiaFishing.Net
631-399-2400

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