safety net associates
SNTech’s primary goal is to design and build devices to increase the selectivity
of commercial fishing practices, making the industry more sustainable. Light, of
interest to the fishing gear technology community since the 1970s, can be used
as a tool to achieve this. Technologies such as LEDs and cheap manufacturing of
hardware and electronics are opening up new commercial opportunities for the
wider application of these selectivity devices. SafetyNet Technologies has been
building sophisticated LED systems to enable experimentation into how light can
segregate between ages and species of fish, and is applying that knowledge to
create simple sets of lights to help fishermen catch the right fish. We work
across the sector with fishermen, scientists, suppliers and regulators to create
user-centred solutions to issues currently faced by the industry. We strongly
believe that the solutions to humanity’s greatest challenges must be backed by
sustainable business cases in order to achieve real impact. To this end, all
SafetyNet products aim to satisfy each element of the value chain of which they
are a part.
