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 ...

In the waters off Isla el Pardito, where rocky reefs meet mangrove swamps in Mexico’s Gulf of California, marine biologists and veteran fishers are using the power of the sun to protect endangered sea ...

Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and dolphins being caught by accident, new research shows. LED lights along the top of floating gillnets cut accidental "bycatch" of ...

Panama City Beach saw a record number of sea turtle nests this season with 55. However, this year's batch of turtles seemed a little confused. Seventy percent went in the wrong direction when they ...

Researchers created a special lighting that can illuminate fishing nets. The add-on can help sea turtles avoid capture and lower the instance of fishermen accidentally catching them. The team from the ...

In the fishing industry, ‘unintentional bycatch’ is the general term for ‘anything that we don’t mean to catch’. Dolphins, turtles, sharks and sea birds are some of the most common animals that face ...

Illuminating fishing nets with low-cost lights could reduce the terrible impact they have on seabirds and marine-dwellers by more than 85 percent, new research has shown. Illuminating fishing nets ...

With the sea turtle hatching season in full swing, experts are warning of the massive threat that bright lights and camera flashes pose to the baby turtles as they attempt to reach the ocean. “Sea ...

Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and dolphins being caught by accident, new research shows. Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and ...