Adoption and consequences of new light-fishing technology (LEDs) on Lake Tanganyika, East Africa.

Maintaining sustainable fisheries requires understanding the influence of technological advances on catch efficiency, as technological creep can ultimately contribute to increased efficiency. Fisheries using light sources for attraction could be widely impacted by the shift to light emitting diode (...

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Main Authors: Huruma Mgana, Benjamin M Kraemer, Catherine M O'Reilly, Peter A Staehr, Ismael A Kimirei, Colin Apse, Craig Leisher, Magnus Ngoile, Peter B McIntyre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216580