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We could clearly see that our sole rope was not sitting on the bottom and that is lost prawns. When we got back to the harbour we measured up the gear and took 2 meshes out of the top sheet. Following this small alteration we now have better contact and the boat is fishing better”

"Now we have the opportunity with these cameras (CatchCam) to see... how our nets are performing in the water. It means we can rig our nets to be more efficient... to catch as much as we're allowed to catch in a shorter period of time "

“We have no desire to be out at sea all day every day, if we can fish more precisely everybody is a winner. The crew’s job on deck becomes easier, the boat becomes more profitable as we will need to input less resources to catch the fish. The environment benefits from less CO2 being emitted, everybody stands to gain if we can fish more precisely.”

SafetyNet Technologies enabled fishers and scientists to work together and test new devices that could have a major impact on one of the global oceans’ largest environmental problems, unwanted bycatch in fisheries. Their generous approach unlocked innovators in the industry to test the equipment with input from my team and resulted in a scientifically peer reviewed publication which showed the potential of using light to manipulate fish behaviour and reduce bycatch

We used PISCES lights as an important part of our method to enable fishermen to change the selective properties of their gear and reduce unwanted catch in a Nephrops trawl.

We used PISCES to investigate how fish behaviour can be altered to enhance catch separation in a divided trawl cod end.

It's been very pleasant working with the SafetyNet Technologies team because what we wanted to achieve was a balance between the viability of the industry, protection of fish stocks and compliance with EU regulations.