Ashored Innovations uses hardware and software to increase efficiencies for fishermen, while also protecting at-risk marine habitats. Ashored retrofits existing lobster and crab traps with underwater buoys that can be propelled to the surface using acoustic release technology. Trap owners will be able to anchor their boats, select their proprietary frequency, and activate the buoy’s release to the surface. Ashored’s buoys use artificial intelligence to collect data and make recommendations, and use geo-tracking to locate lost traps.