Achik: Light based bycatch reduction for developing nations

目前，世界各地的捕鱼人员在工业和手工捕鱼作业中意外捕获（约五分之一）非目标物种（副渔获物）。非目标物种是指幼鱼、濒危或低市场价值的鱼类、巨型动物（如海龟、鳐鱼和鲨鱼）和鸟类。意外捕获对种群数量和生物多样性产生负面影响，破坏海洋生态系统和食物链。依赖海洋蛋白质来食用和销售的社区也受到了影响，包括渔民的妻子，她们是销售过程的关键。反对不可持续捕捞做法的法规也可能严重限制手工渔民获取海洋蛋白质的机会，特别是如果他们无法迁移到鱼类更丰富的地区。该项目旨在帮助秘鲁的手工渔民和自给渔民更有选择性地捕鱼，从而更好地管理海洋资源。其结果还可能影响工业化渔业部门和其他发展中国家。这项研究将确定在秘鲁采用以光为基础的减少副渔获物技术的路线，以及它们的市场规模。采用以人为本的设计方法，与渔民和更广泛的利益相关者接触，了解他们采用此类技术的动机和关注点。结果将是一份可行性报告，如果可行，将是一个示范项目的路线图。我们的技术可以使手工捕鱼船队以符合法规和避免非目标捕捞的方式进行捕捞，同时提高目标物种的产量。这种方法的好处包括：增加高达25%的收入由于更少的鱼类分类和更少的海上作业时间，改善了工作条件，减少了运营成本（燃料，渔具损坏）。通过减少非目标物种的副渔获，实现环境效益，保护生物多样性。可持续捕捞鱼类资源带来了巨大的社会效益，为全球不断增长的20%依赖鱼类作为主要蛋白质来源的人口提供了粮食安全。本项目重点关注可持续发展目标14，水下生物——维持可持续和生物多样性的海洋栖息地。目标1：防止和显著减少各种海洋污染，包括海洋死亡物种；目标2可持续地管理和保护海洋和沿海生态系统目标4通过防止捕获非目标物种，结束过度捕捞、非法、不报告和无管制的捕捞，使海洋生态系统得到补充。目标A：转让我们的技术，以加强海洋生物多样性对发展中国家发展的贡献。具体目标B使小规模个体渔民能够通过可持续捕捞获得海洋资源。

Fishing crews the world over currently accidentally catch (roughly 1 in 5) non-target species (bycatch) during both industrial and artisanal fishing operations. Non-target species means juvenile, endangered or low-market-value fish species, megafauna (eg, turtles, rays and sharks), and birds. Unintended capture negatively impacts stock levels and biodiversity, disrupting marine ecosystems and food chains. Communities reliant on ocean protein to eat and sell are also disrupted, including the wives of fishermen, key to sales processes. Regulations to counter unsustainable fishing practices can also severely limit artisanal fishers' access to ocean protein, particularly if they cannot move to areas of greater fish abundance. This project aims to help Peruvian artisanal and subsistence fishers to fish more selectively, enabling better marine resource management. Outcomes could also influence the industrial fishing sector and other developing nations.This study will identify routes to adoption of light based bycatch reduction technologies in Peru, and the size of the market for them. Using a human centred design approach to engage with the fishers and wider stakeholders to understand their motivations and concerns with adopting such technologies. The outcomes will be a feasibility report and, if viable, a roadmap for a demonstrator project.Our technology can enable the artisanal fishing fleet to fish in a way that meets regulations and avoids non-target catch, while increasing yields of target species. Benefits of this approach include:Up to 25% revenue increaseImproved working conditions due to less fish sorting and less time at seaLess operational costs (fuel, damaged gear)Fishing crews pass increased economic prosperity onto dependent local communities. Environmental benefits are realised through reduced bycatch of non-target species, protecting biodiversity. Sustainably harvesting fish stocks offers huge social benefit, offering food security for the 20% of the growing global population reliant on fish as a primary protein source.This project focuses on SDG14, Life Below Water - maintaining a sustainable and biodiverse oceanic habitat.Target 1 to prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, including dead marine species;Target 2 sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystemsTarget 4 to end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, by preventing the capture of non target species, allowing marine ecosystem replenishment.Target A transfer of our technology to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries.Target B providing access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources through sustainable harvesting.