Fishing nets are a fairly simple piece of equipment, and their design has largely remained unchanged for hundreds of years — but scientists have recently devised a clever new upgrade that could make ...

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 attached green LED lights along the gillnet float line to keep unwanted marine animals from getting stuck. Jesse Senko Fishing nets illuminated with green LED lights can prevent unwanted ...

Scientists are hoping green light could offer marine animal conservationists a glimmer of hope. A new study found that green LED lights affixed to gillnets—a type of net that hangs like a curtain in ...

Researchers from U.S. and fishers from Mexico’s Gulf of California have developed solar-powered LED buoys that attach to gill nets to help reduce sea turtle bycatch by 63%. The floating devices ...

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 ...