The Truth About FADs (Fish Aggregating Devices)

[theuniqueRKWvlog]

I don't know how to feel about this.i see so much controversy on these videosin the comments,im 16 and became vegetarian when i was7,though still atefish so technically pesciarian(though i dont eat eggs or milk products).I dont think eating meat is a bad thing,but it makes me feel guilty to pay for the animals' bad treatment and murder by buyig the food, so i dont.But surely even fish lovers-like myself - can watch this video and still feel the disgust i do seeying them killed without reason?...

[mohammedislamrules]

fuck da fish

SHAVE UR CUNTS ASIAN WOMAN

[tunashack]

Whatever greenpeace!

[lolita150375]

you shouldn't kill fish and chuck them back there fags

[plasterdbastard]

We use FADs for sportfishing a lot, and the income from these guided programs and sportfishing surpasses that of commercial fishing.

FADs aren't the problem, it's the practices that we allow combined with sheer over-consumption that are the problem.

[AstairM5]

@piklweezl Glad to see there are still some rational and intelligent people out there. It's a sad world where Greenpeace can show some blood and get people to believe whatever they want. This smear campaign is going to threaten the entire tuna industry....

[zygopedelum]

This is a terrible awareness campaign that has missed its mark, its not the FADs that are bad, its the method of fishing, purse seining is what needs to be banned, not the FADs....even without the FADs, tons of tuna can and will be caught with purse seining...this is a prime example of environmentalists not understanding fully of fishing practices, even if they succeed in banning FADs, they still will fail because purse seining will continue.

[lucusinfabula]

Fish Aggregating Devices do not imply capture, per se. Silly to overlook the added value of snorkelling and/or diving in/around such a manufact.

Refrain from kneejerk greenie pseudo intellectual objections.

Remember sustainability must also comply with financial aspects and that if you are living on Tonga or Kiribati or Maldives FADs can determine survival, well being and prosperity, sustainably.

[ernestgoesgolfin]

@piklweezl

But FADs are an unsustainable fishing practice, that's why they are part of the problem, and coupled with unsustainable consumption, it's a bad mix

[CorporateRule]

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[mylexusis]

wouldnt the most efficient fishing method be teh best for the environment because then they can use less fuel . its intersting that something so simple can attract fish so well

[TotalGnarSesh]

this is so inoying in australia if your a commercial fisherman your not alound with 300m of a fad their only aloud or recreational purposes only get it right mate

[IRGEMINIMAN]

Not a YouTube Fad! D:

[mynameisbobilike2123]

dumb japs

[duncanwill300]

@piklweezi... what a response... choose to citicise a strategic solution and posit an extremely vague answer...' somewhere in the middle' is almost the same answer that bush gave about WOMD in Iraq...' its somewhere out there'... leave the solutions to the experts... and comments to yourself!

[6102wa]

They need to ban netting, not FADS. The more artificial homes (reefs, fads, etc) fish get, the more they breed and the less pressure is placed on fishing in a particular area.

The problem with the world is over population, which causes excessive pollution and strains natural resources. Mass slaughtering of fish in one area affects many areas, because some of these fish are migratory.

Fish in their own territories, which may make them look after their local fish stocks & water quality.

[zeem8z]

Nice tuna and rainbow runner. Makes me want to go fishing }=(()))o>

[zeon008]

@piklweezl Well said,,,and your carrot comment was hilarious tell him/her they have feelings and let him starve any body who would call them selfs packof twenty lol

[packoftwenty]

@piklweezl There are no such things as 'sustainable fisheries', human beings aren't supposed to eat fish, or hadn't you noticed?

How many people do you know who swim into the ocean, from the shore, and then catch a fish with their bare hands, kill it by biting it, and then eat it uncooked? Are you seriously suggesting that this is natural?

Just because 'everybody does it', doesn't make it right. You are incapable of thinking for yourself, and certainly incapable of admitting you are wrong.

[Honeebuket]

Nice! Thats alot of fish. And a clever idea.

[pntrend]

Why on earth does Japan get an exmption? Do they have some kind of greater right to make our species extinct than any other country? Our politicians and Japanese people ought to be pressuring the Japanese government heavily on this, as with the whaling

[mtmuller]

I do ALOT of traveling, and throughout the world i have seen a massive decline in ocean cleaniness and there are more and more jelly fish each year. Its really disgusting. I went vegetarian 4 years ago. Wouldnt eat anything out of the ocean if you paid me millions.

[ChangeNavigators]

@mtmuller yes... we are just about to start an international capaign to protect fish and all martitime species. Our point of entry in change is the consumer... Stopp or reduce eating fish from any source!

[chowlokhei]

we can consume fish from fish ponds instead of those from the ocean

[bricktop11]

they should put a halt on fishing for 3 years, yes we wont have any fish in the shops but atleast it gives time for the seas to fill up again.

[goodcommentguy]

There would however be some effects...deficiency of vitamins, oils, ect...so unless people can find an alternative, it's not an option.

[ChangeNavigators]

@goodcommentguy We are just about to start an international capaign to protect fish and all martitime species. Our point of entry in change is the consumer... Stopp or reduce eating fish from any source! There are alternatives to get Omega 3 :-)

[dionreed441]

IF IT'S A FAD WON'T IT DIE OUT SOON?

[fizzley19]

hopefully the term "FAD" can be related in that way!

[recuerof]

its necessary to tell polititians to change marine laws and not to be areas without marine police. 100% of oceans should be under control. Harbours are the places where ships can be confiscated

[susserina]

Money, greed, ignorance and lack of moderation are at the root of the problem. People want to eat meat and fish all the time and the seas can only feed so many before they begin to die. It seems like men will only think about conservation when they have no other option but to eat bugs. IDIOTS.

[ChangeNavigators]

@susserina we are just about to start an international capaign to protect fish and all martitime species. Our point of entry in change is the consumer... Stopp or reduce eating fish from any source!

[AllForAnimals26]

excuse my language but this is really fucking messed up

[alexkvaskov]

i think if everyone was to email supermarket chains/international fisheries and demand them to stop unsustainable fishing, there would be a big impact

[fenix611]

or they would simply sew us for spamming there corporate greed emporioum

[hiphipvargas]

It would be nice to display these devices to promote sea life where it is in desappearing.

[aerobique]

150g thuna = 40 cent in the shops

its cheaper than everything else

i stopped 2 jears ago with my favourite pizza thuna and tell everyone that we should boykott thuna fish. No one follows.

[fenix611]

i follow

[kurthurtig]

may be instead of boycotting it, you should give them an alternative: watch?v=HP6rYThJWUg

[blueorangelettuce]

it's really incredible to fathom how much life this planet hosts... when you see such fishing practices on such a massive scale, it's weird that our oceans still contain anything...

[NaiNosnibor]

sadly, i am in the mood for crab D:

[veterraga]

money money money

[0PsycoDad0]

We need to understand that the "economic efficency enfrocer" is the interest. The need to pay interest requires an ever increasing productivity whereby it doesn´t matter if the efficency gain is simply a result of a more sophisticated loot.

A mathmatical tool is on the top of the economic chain propelling an exponetial growth funtion into infinity yet neglegting the limited size of the ecosystem we live in.

You fight symptoms. The money system is the core issue to be dealt with.

[SchwarzesPCSchaf]

this is very true. but even the monetary system was developped out of the simple "want for more" so technically money too is only a symptom. though personally i think it would be a very good thing to start with.

[madmanmantra]

I don't understand why they can't apply this same technology to control the Asian Carp population in the Mississippi River Watershed? I mean the politics of some of you environmentalists hype shit like this up like the entire world ffish population is being depleted beyond all fucking recognition and don't even address the way some species adapt and thrive as "pests" beyond all fucking recognition. You don't see how the imbalance of nature avenge's herself?

[packoftwenty]

@0PsycoDad0 Well said. Fractional reserve banking (i.e. counterfeiting money into existence and then charging interest on it) is the underlying cause of ALL the problems the world faces today - wars, overpopulation, the destruction of the rainforests, factory farming, slavery, mass immigration, exploitation of workers. ALL of these are ultimately caused by the demand for endless 'growth', which is quite obviously insane and impossible.

[hollsnd82]

keep up the goodwork