 This is necessary when schooling together or finding a mate as the low levels of light would otherwise make locating each other extremely difficult.Fringefin Lanternsharks have no importance to fisheries, but are sometimes bycatch of deepwater trawls.While no study has been done to determine the population status of "E. shultzi" specifically, there is evidence that the species has been negatively affected by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.