Scientists discover that scallops “love” disco lights
nme.comThe Guardian, Enever said of the discovery: “It’s like a scallop disco – illuminate the trap and they come in. It’s astonishing that no one else has discovered this before.
It’s quite an exciting find. This has the potential to open up a whole new inshore fishery and that’s a global first.”The accidental discovery may help to lower the damage caused to seabeds by fishing.
Most scallops are caught by dredging, which can significantly damage marine habitats when done on a large scale.Fisher Jon Ashworth, who was also involved in the experiment, said: “Pretty much every pot that we hauled had scallops in them and yet every haul without lights had no scallops.
It was conclusive, there and then. To have proof that lights can be used to catch scallops has got to have some awesome implications looking forward.”He continued: “Pretty much every pot that we hauled had scallops in them and yet every haul without lights had no scallops.
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