The Rock Fish fishery on the West Coast of the country was the first group to come forward an approach us with a need for the device in their area.  Rock Fish are caught at a deeper depth than the Red Snapper so that brought about the need for the Deep Water SeaQualizer.  With release depths of 100, 200, & 300 ft it gave anglers fishing in up to 600 ft of water to return bycatch as quickly and effectively as possible.
Next was the Striper industry.  When we were first approached by striper fishermen in the southern states looking for a way to return their fish caught in the deeper lakes we were surprised to hear that they experienced some of the same problems as the saltwater fisheries.  These fish though we discovered may not have just been suffering just from the effects of Barotrauma.  They showed no physical signs but were sluggish and floated at the surface like a fish that suffered Barotrauma.  After a little research we discovered that thermocline issues played a big role in why these fish were having problems returning to depth.  The large difference in temperature from where the fish were being pulled from and the surface temperature caused the fish to show similar signs as Barotrauma.  We discovered that these effects were also reversible by bring the fish back down to depth.  The Striper fishermen though did not require such deep releasing device so the Striper SeaQualizer or Shallow Water SeaQualizer was born with depths of 30, 50, & 70 ft.