Live Science reports that the SMART
Hook, an acronym for Selective
Magnetic and Repellent - Treated
Hook, will help keep sharks away from the
fishing lines intended for other species of
fish.
The new
hooks have a special metal coating that produces a voltage in seawater, and because sharks are highly sensitive to electric fields in the water, the SMART
hook (Selective Magnetic and Repellent - Treated Hook), will help keep sharks away from the fishing lines intended for other species of f
hook (Selective
Magnetic and Repellent - Treated
Hook), will help keep sharks away from the fishing lines intended for other species of f
Hook), will help keep sharks away from the
fishing lines intended for other species of
fish.