The fishing innovation is stringing LED lights
on gill nets, a technique developed and tested by John Wang of the University of Hawaii and studied in the field by Jesse Senko of Arizona State University.
Not exact matches
Restrictions
on use of drift
gill nets, which have a high rate of bycatch, have improved the survival of juvenile sharks.
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On December 7th, a fisherman was found using a
gill net that hadn» t been registered and was reported to the Hol Chan Marine Reserve.
Most important, by far, is Nieto's presidential - level affirmation that Mexico will turn what was to be a two - year moratorium
on deadly
gill nets in vaquita habitat into a permanent ban.
Such a ban will also make enforcement of the existing legal restrictions
on fishing for totoaba, as
gill nets could be found without going to sea.
In April, alerted by scientists that the vaquita population had recently suffered its biggest decline ever, the Mexican government announced an emergency two - year ban
on gill -
net fishing across the porpoise's main habitat in the upper Gulf of California....
«We have to find a way to let small - time fishermen put food
on their tables that doesn't involve putting
gill nets in the water that decimate these species,» Taylor said.