Method of using biologically-relevant chemical attractants for marine predators
AssigneeJulie C. Hagelin
InventorsJulie Claire Hagelin, Janice Morrison Straley
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Abstract
Described herein is a method of using biologically-relevant attractants for marine predators through deployment of the attractants into air and/or water in concentrations manners which will encourage the specific marine predators to move toward the deployment source. The method could be used in a number of situations, including, but not limited to, situations in which animals are in a hazardous situation, such as the immediate danger of an oil spill or clean-up activities in which the marine predators must be enticed to safety.
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A method for controlling the movement of marine predators, which comprises:
- (a) releasing an effective amount of an attractant composition into a marine environment such that the marine predators are motivated to move towards said attractant composition;
- (b) wherein said attractant composition is selected from the group consisting of dimethyl sulfide, dimethylsulfoniopropironate, acrylic acid and methanethiol.
A method for attracting marine predators comprised of releasing an attractant composition into the water of a marine environment, wherein said composition is selected from the group consisting of dimethyl sulfide, dimethylsulfoniopropionate, acrylic acid and methanethiol.
A method for attracting marine predators by releasing an attractant composition into the air of a marine environment, wherein said composition is selected from the group consisting of dimethyl sulfide, dimethylsulfoniopropionate, acrylic acid and methanethiol.
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