It's 05:00 on a Monday morning in Largs Boat Harbour on the west coast of Scotland. The sun is yet to rise and the rain is getting heavier.He is going out for his daily catch of langoustines - something he has been doing for almost 40 years.
"It can significantly reduce ocean health and resilience, and this reduces the ability of ecosystems to respond to adverse conditions," says Alison Cross, director of fishery sustainability at the WWF.One of the devices Mr Whiteman is using has LED lights which can attract certain species of fish, while repelling unwanted mammals like dolphins.
The LED's the WWF are using are from San Francisco-based company Good Machine. Their studies found that using green lights have shown to be most effective at preventing turtles from being entangled. Before Mr Whiteman had the camera, he said it could take three to four days to find out if the net was working as efficiently as possible. But now, it only takes a day.