Abstract:The small-scale trammel net fisheries are essential to the economy and well-being of coastal communities in the Yellow Sea, China. However, these fisheries are low efficient and urgently demand technical innovations to improve catch rates. In this study, we conducted field experiments in three traditional fishing grounds (Rizhao, Yantai, and Weihai) to test whether the addition of different colored light-emitting diodes (LEDs) fishing lights in the trammel nets could improve the catch rates of seven commercial… Show more
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