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This is how smart technology is helping to combat overfishing

People collect fish on the beach in fishing nets in in Da Nang, Vietnam.

The humble fishing net is due an upgrade. Image: REUTERS/Kham

Katharine Rooney
Senior Writer, Formative Content
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LED lights in a fishing nets to help catch the right fish and guide the wrong ones away.
LED lights attached to fishing nets can attract the right catch and guide non-targeted species to safety. Image: SafetyNet Technologies
Capture fisheries have increased extensively over the course of the last sixty years.
Global fish production reached its highest-ever level in 2018, at 96.4 million tonnes. Image: FAO
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