Stringing green LED lights along fishing nets cut bycatch by 63% in trials, prompting coastal fisheries to test glowing nets
Marine scientists developed green LED lights to reduce accidental animal captures. These lights significantly lowered unwanted bycatch by sixty-three percent on average. Target fish catches and market value remained unaffected by the illumination. Illuminated nets also cut retrieval and disentanglement time by fifty-seven percent. Coastal communities globally are now testing these innovative illuminated nets.
Marine scientists developed green LED lights to reduce accidental animal captures. These lights significantly lowered unwanted bycatch by sixty-three percent on average. Target fish catches and market value remained unaffected by the illumination. Illuminated nets also cut retrieval and disentanglement time by fifty-seven percent. Coastal communities globally are now testing these innovative illuminated nets.
