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Research and development
Illumination of fishing nets
The installation of LEDs in fishing gear can improve the visibility of fishing nets and thus reduce the incidental capture of certain large marine vertebrates. These lights are automatically activated when the nets are submerged and can be of different colours and intensity depending on the species to be alerted.
Good practices
Adaptation of practices, example to reduce cetacean bycatches
Fishing practices can influence the accidental capture of marine mammals. Thus, some fleets, by improving their knowledge of the context of their interactions with cetaceans, have been able to adapt their practices and reduce their impact on dolphin populations. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of these measures depends objectively on the fleets, the initial fishing practices, the […]