Data-driven, LED-powered smart fishing could help save ocean ecosystems

SafetyNet’s LED-powered Pisces system attracts target catch whilst repelling others, cutting down on millions of tons of wasted bycatch. Commercial fishing is an inexact science, with unfortunate, unintended consequences. In every catch, an estimated 10% of the total haul is unmarketable — either because the fish are too small, illegal to sell because they’re endangered, or simply not in demand, according to a report from the FAO. That means about 16 million tons of fish are wasted every year. But as fish stock dwindles, fish consumption has not. The fishing…