A Brighter Light on Bycatch

As gillnet mesh is very hard to see underwater, the team hypothesized that if nets were more visible, then turtles could avoid swimming into them. Their design (“Turtle Lights for Gillnets”) uses widely available fishing lights (LED or chemical lightsticks) to illuminate gillnets. The lig...

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