Remote Control Fish

BOSTON -- Call them Pavlov's fish.

Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by
swimming into a net when they hear a sound that means feeding time.

A marine researcher said, "It sounds crazy, but it's real."

He said these "remote-control fish" could someday be used to bolster
the depleted stock of black sea bass.

The bigger goal is to defray costs of fish farming, an important
source of the world's seafood.

Previous experiments have used sound to train a fish to feed --
similar to what Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov did to get his dogs to
salivate at the sound of a bell.

But no one has ever tried to get fish to leave and come back ready to
be caught.

The research at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood's Hole is
funded by a $270,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.

On Mar 26, 4:23*pm, Mike wrote:
BOSTON -- Call them Pavlov's fish.

Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by
swimming into a net when they hear a sound that means feeding time.

A marine researcher said, "It sounds crazy, but it's real."

He said these "remote-control fish" could someday be used to bolster
the depleted stock of black sea bass.

The bigger goal is to defray costs of fish farming, an important
source of the world's seafood.

Previous experiments have used sound to train a fish to feed --
similar to what Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov did to get his dogs to
salivate at the sound of a bell.

But no one has ever tried to get fish to leave and come back ready to
be caught.

The research at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood's Hole is
funded by a $270,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.

More like a cat and the sound of an electric can opener or a ROFFian
and the sound of a free bottle of micro brew opening.
Frank Reid
(can we also use the sound of Seidman's scotch bottle opening as a
repellant?)

On 2008-03-26, Mike wrote:

Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by
swimming into a net when they hear a sound that means feeding time.

Not exactly a new idea. OR tried a variation of this decades ago. Raise
salmon in landlocked pools (like a huge swimming pools) on the Pacific Coast
with a canal to the sea. Let salmon go to sea when ready and return to
pen/pool when ready. This was back when aquaculture was in its infancy. I
didn't follow on how well it worked out.

nb

On 2008-03-26, Frank Reid wrote:

and the sound of a free bottle of micro brew opening.

I knew I was home.

nb ...newbie all-grain brewer

"Mike" wrote in message
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BOSTON -- Call them Pavlov's fish.

Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by
swimming into a net when they hear a sound that means feeding time.

A marine researcher said, "It sounds crazy, but it's real."

He said these "remote-control fish" could someday be used to bolster
the depleted stock of black sea bass.

The bigger goal is to defray costs of fish farming, an important
source of the world's seafood.

Previous experiments have used sound to train a fish to feed --
similar to what Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov did to get his dogs to
salivate at the sound of a bell.

But no one has ever tried to get fish to leave and come back ready to
be caught.

The research at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood's Hole is
funded by a $270,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.

Reminds me of a guy in Coburn...

On Mar 28, 12:27*am, "Mike Makela" ten.tsacmoc@alekamm wrote:
"Mike" wrote in message

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BOSTON -- Call them Pavlov's fish.

Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by
swimming into a net when they hear a sound that means feeding time.

A marine researcher said, "It sounds crazy, but it's real."

He said these "remote-control fish" could someday be used to bolster
the depleted stock of black sea bass.

The bigger goal is to defray costs of fish farming, an important
source of the world's seafood.

Previous experiments have used sound to train a fish to feed --
similar to what Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov did to get his dogs to
salivate at the sound of a bell.

But no one has ever tried to get fish to leave and come back ready to
be caught.

The research at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood's Hole is
funded by a $270,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.

Reminds me of a guy in Coburn...- Hide quoted text -

Yeh, will be tying the bologne flies this year.
Frank Reid