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Net illumination reduces fisheries bycatch, maintains catch value, and increases operational efficiency
Senko, J.F. et al., Current Biology Fisheries & Aquaculture
Here we used controlled experiments along Mexico’s Baja California peninsula to show that illuminating gillnets with green LED lights—an emerging technology originally developed to mitigate sea turtle bycatch—significantly reduced mean rates of total discarded bycatch biomass by 63%, which included significant decreases in elasmobranch (95%), Humboldt squid (81%), and unwanted finfish (48%).
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