Method of using biologically-relevant chemical attractants for marine predators

摘要

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.

主权项

1. 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.