Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption. The batteries are short-lived, expensive to replace and raise ...

One of the many threats facing sea turtles, all species of which are categorized as threatened, is net fishing. Turtles can unwittingly become scooped up in fishing nets as bycatch. Now, a team of ...

Mangaluru: The Union government has banned fishing by use of lights in all coastal areas in the country. The move comes after complaints were made by traditional fishermen of poor catches and the ...

Despite strict regulatory measures, destructive fishing practices using LED devices are causing irreparable damage to the marine ecosystem across Kollam coast. Reportedly, many boats including ...

Gillnets are walls of netting that hang in water and trap fish. They are the most widely used fishing device in the world but also often trap sharks, sea turtles and rays who can't escape and die.

Researchers created a special lighting that can illuminate fishing nets. The add-on can help sea turtles avoid capture and lower the instance of fishermen accidentally catching them. The team from the ...

Illuminating fishing nets with low-cost lights could reduce the terrible impact they have on seabirds and marine-dwellers by more than 85 percent, new research has shown. Illuminating fishing nets ...

Adding lights to commercial fishing nets can reduce the number of endangered species, including sea turtles and dolphins, that get caught in them. Just as hazard lights warn humans of danger, ...

Scott Simon talks with Arizona State University researcher Jesse Senko about the benefits of attaching LED lights on vertical fishing nets to make them less dangerous for marine mammals. Gillnets are ...