Summary
This paper suggests guidelines for evaluating artificial light in bycatch reduction devices (BRL) using a standardized, collaborative, multidisciplinary approach. The purpose is to improve data consistence to support future meta-analyses and inter-study comparisons, and to highlight areas where further research is needed most urgently, as BRLs are a promising and rapidly moving area of bycatch mitigation. Additional research is needed on the efficacy of BRLs, the visual systems of commercially significant and common bycatch species, and on factors that drive the uptake of BRLs in a fishery.