Flashing lights on fishing nets ‘reduce accidental catching of turtles’
Lighting up fishing nets with green flashing lights could reduce the number of sea turtles which are accidentally caught and killed, a study has found.
An estimated 40,000 turtles die each year in the Mediterranean when they are trapped as “bycatch” in nets targeting fish species.
This includes around 13,800 killed in small-scale fishing operations –
