Lighting the way to sustainable fishing

Out of every 5 fish caught, 1 is the ‘wrong fish’ as most of the world's 6.4 million commercial fishing vessels cannot select which species they catch. This incidental capture and death of non-target marine creatures, known as ‘bycatch’, threatens endangered species and juvenile fish, and consequently fish stocks.

Bycatch contributes to the decline in fish stocks with the result that over 63 % of fish species are no longer within biologically sustainable fishing levels. With over 1 billion people globally relying on fish as their primary source of protein, this situation poses a major threat to future food security.

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