“…Intensive use of gillnets, especially those with smaller mesh sizes, can threaten biodiversity through by‐catch of juvenile commercial fish or endangered species of megafauna, such as cetaceans, caimans, turtles or seals (Stewart et al , ; Shester and Micheli, ). Increasing fishing effort with fixed gillnets can also increase the conflicts and negative interactions between fishers and aquatic predators, such as sea lions or dolphins (Gonzalvo et al ., ; Machado et al ., ). Gear restrictions, including those on the mesh sizes of fishing nets, can reduce fishing impacts in an ecosystem‐based management framework, especially when spatial closures are socially unacceptable (McClanahan and Cinner, ; Cinner et al ., ; Hicks and McClanahan, ).…”