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Tom Rowland Podcast

Capt Mike Puller and Dr Patrick Rice - Shark Repellent Technology Among Other Things - #0128

Tom Rowland Podcast

Waypoint TV

Wilderness, Health & Fitness, Sports

4.9903 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Patrick H. Rice is currently the Chief Science & Research Officer (CSRO) and the Principal Investigator for Marine Research at Florida Keys Community College (FKCC).  Dr. Rice earned his Ph.D. (2008) in Marine Biology & Fisheries at the University of Miami.  His Ph.D. project was focused on reducing bycatch on longline boats.  With his business partner Dr. Eric Stroud they have worked on products to be used as chemical shark repellents. Capt Mike Puller is a 2nd generation charter fisherman from Miami.  Mike has been using the SharkTec Shark Repellent Chum that Dr. Rice has been working on and gives us a Fisherman’s perspective on the problem with sharks and this possible solution. You can learn more about Sharktec by visiting their website. This episode is brought to you by these great sponsors: Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Get 30% off any order on Hukgear.com by using the code SE30 at checkout Get 20% off + free shipping on products from Manscaped.com by using the code TRP Kettle and Fire make Bone Broth that is Whole 30, Paleo and Keto Friendly.  It is made from Grass-fed and grass-finished beef bones, organic pasture-raised chicken and is Non-GMO.  It contains all the essential nutrients your body needs to thrive like collagen, protein, and amino acids.  Cooking your own is messy and time-consuming.  Go to Kettleandfire.com/waypoint to get yours delivered straight to your door. This episode has been brought to you by Waypoint TV. Waypoint is the ultimate outdoor network featuring streaming of full-length fishing and hunting television shows, short films and instructional content, a social media network, Podcast Network. Waypoint is available on Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, IoS devices, Android Devices and at www.waypointtv.com all for FREE! Join the Waypoint Army by following them on Instagram at the following accounts @waypointtv @waypointfish @waypointsalt @waypointboating @waypointhunt @waypointoutdoorcollective Find over 150 full episodes of Saltwater Experience on Waypoint You can follow Tom Rowland on Instagram @tom_rowland and find all episodes and show notes at Tomrowlandpodcast.com Learn more about Tom's Television shows by visiting their websites: Saltwater Experience Into the Blue Sweetwater Contact Tom through email: Podcast@saltwaterexperience.com

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You know, one of the first things I did was ask you, you know,

0:49.9

what is this, what is this sharkapellum and it's actually derived from the rotting carcass of dead sharks and I asked him

0:56.3

and I was like wow how did you figure that out and he said he actually got the idea from fishermen themselves Of course back in the day all

1:04.0

fishermen technique was or the digital technique at least was to if you were

1:10.0

having problems with sharks on your fishing gear was to kill them and hang them off the side of the boat and

1:16.8

after some period of time the sharks would go away and even commercial shark guys you know

1:21.2

when they clean their sharks they'll drive the entrails and the heads

1:25.4

and stuff that don't need far far away from their fishing grounds in order not to

1:30.1

spoil the fishing grounds so believe it or not, you went back into some old Navy

1:36.2

declassified Navy documents from World War II

1:40.8

installed that the Navy was trying to develop the repellent at the time and using that concept of trying to get something from the rotting carcass of the dead shark.

1:50.3

And unfortunately, the U.S.S. in Indianapolis occurred occurred which you guys, anybody who's seen the movie

1:55.2

Jaws knows the story, you know, that Quinn says about the you know 1100 men went into the water.

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