Much Like Hipsters, Scallops Can Be Lured to Their Death by Disco Lights

scallops can be captured more easily when you turn on the pretty lights for them.

A group of fishing consultants have come up with a plan to lure scallops with lights inside trap baskets.

This technique was actually created by the British Fishtek Marine consultancy to lure in crabs, but to their surprise, it was scallops, which, apparently, each have more than 200 eyes.

It illuminates the trap and they come in, according to Dr. Rob Enver. It is an exciting find.

Marine Dream

This technique can help the global over-fishing problem, as it can help the cute shelled creatures jump to their doom after seeing the same kinds of lights we enjoy in bars and on dancefloors.

Most of the scallops caught for human consumption today are captured via dredge, a harmful method of fishing that harms marine life when done large scale. The more eco-conscious alternative is done by scuba divers, but this is much more expensive and time consuming.

fishers can catch scallops much more easily with this new technique, and they are less likely to harm the marine floor.

The experiment has made waves in the academic and ecological communities as well, with a new paper published in the Journal of Fisheries Research this week lauding the potted light scallop-fishing method.

We might give them some music to jam to before they get taken to their dooms.

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