SafetyNet Technologies | Expo 2020 Dubai

1 October 2021 – 31 March 2022

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Reducing fishing bycatch using light-emitting devices

Problem

Current fishing practices unintentionally catch and kill unmarketable, juvenile and endangered ocean species.

Solution

Using lights to attract and repel different ocean species, helping fishermen to catch only their targets.

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About the company

SafetyNet began as a university project that aimed to provide a technical solution to the problem of fishermen catching non-target species when they fish. It has grown into a team of 12, working in fisheries around the world where bycatch poses the biggest problems. Light-emitting devices, called Pisces, use visual stimuli to attract and repel different species so they can be caught or released in a much more selective way, reducing bycatch by up to 90 per cent. Designed with fishermen, for fishermen, they are affordable and can be retrofitted to many types of fishing gear.