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Aaron Orlowski

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Aaron Orlowski is a California-based journalist who writes about fish (both farmed and wild), food, the environment and science. He is a regular contributor to SeafoodSource.

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A study by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Northwest Fisheries Science Center shows that LEDs are very effective in directing king salmon to escape windows in Pacific hake trawl nets. NOAA photo.

Net-mounted LED lights help reduce bycatch in Pacific hake fishery

Carlos Seafood boats tied up in New Bedford, Mass., in 2016. Doug Stewart photo.
Carlos Seafood boats tied up in New Bedford, Mass., in 2016. Doug Stewart photo.

Did catch shares enable Carlos Rafael's fishing fraud?

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