>>Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Peruvian conservation organization ProDelphinus have found that installing LED lights on top of floating gillnets reduces the accidental catch of unwanted species dramatically. A study from three Peruvian ports between 2015 and 2018 shows that the lights cut the bycatch of sea turtles by 70 percent and dolphins and porpoises by 66 percent.<<

https://newatlas.com/putting-lights-nets-protect-sea-turtles-dolphins/

PermeateFree said:

>>Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Peruvian conservation organization ProDelphinus have found that installing LED lights on top of floating gillnets reduces the accidental catch of unwanted species dramatically. A study from three Peruvian ports between 2015 and 2018 shows that the lights cut the bycatch of sea turtles by 70 percent and dolphins and porpoises by 66 percent.<<

https://newatlas.com/putting-lights-nets-protect-sea-turtles-dolphins/

> gillnets are remarkably efficient – so much so that their use is heavily regulated under national and international law to prevent overfishing

Yes. I thought they were banned. No particular reason for the ban, though, because
> by tweaking the various elements of the nets, they can be made highly selective

But still a bycatch? Then I welcome adding lights on the surface.