Achik: Light based bycatch reduction for developing nations

世界各地的渔民目前在工业和手工捕捞作业中意外捕获(大约五分之一)非目标物种(兼捕)。非目标物种是指幼鱼、濒临灭绝或市场价值低的鱼类、大型动物(如海龟、鲑鱼和鲨鱼)和鸟类。意外捕捞对种群水平和生物多样性产生负面影响，扰乱海洋生态系统和食物链。依赖海洋蛋白质进食和销售的社区也受到了破坏，包括渔民的妻子，这是销售过程的关键。打击不可持续捕捞做法的法规也可能严重限制个体渔民获取海洋蛋白质，特别是如果他们不能转移到鱼类丰富的地区。该项目旨在帮助秘鲁个体渔民和自给自足渔民更有选择性地捕鱼，从而能够更好地管理海洋资源。这项研究将确定秘鲁采用基于光的副渔获物减少技术的途径以及这些技术的市场规模。使用以人为中心的设计方法与渔民和更广泛的利益攸关方接触，以了解他们采用这种技术的动机和关切。结果将是一份可行性报告，如果可行的话，还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能够以符合规定的方式捕鱼，避免非目标捕捞，同时增加目标物种的产量。这种方法的好处包括：高达25%的收入增加由于更少的鱼类分拣和在海上的时间而改善了工作条件减少了运营成本(燃料、损坏的渔具)渔民将更多的经济繁荣传递给依赖的当地社区。通过减少非目标物种的附带捕捞，保护生物多样性，实现了环境效益。可持续捕捞鱼类资源提供巨大的社会效益，为依赖鱼类作为主要蛋白质来源的全球不断增长的20%的人口提供粮食保障。该项目侧重于SDG14，水下生命--维持可持续和生物多样性的海洋生境。具体目标1预防和显著减少各种海洋污染，包括死亡的海洋物种；具体目标2可持续地管理和保护海洋和沿海生态系统具体目标4通过防止捕捞非目标物种，允许海洋生态系统补充，结束过度捕捞、非法、未报告和无管制捕捞。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通过可持续捕捞为小规模个体渔民提供获取海洋资源的机会。

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.