The Truth About FADs (Fish Aggregating Devices)

Fish Aggregating Devices (or FADs) are still widely used by tuna fishing fleets throughout the Pacific Ocean despite a (temporary) ban. The use of FADs results in the bycatch of many juvenile and unwanted species contributing to the depletion of fish stocks and threatening vulnerable marine species.

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[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.

[Darrell Tanaka]

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.

[astromin7777]

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[DeorajLalchanVine]

JAPS haven't learn there lesson from the tsunami as yet? continue what u are doing

[Julian Garrett]

That's fucked

[John Higginbotham]

Need a bane on couples having more than one child less people less demand for food

[fred lolli]

Stop eating TUNA

[Dominic Salomon]

This makes me sick!

[Lei May Maza]

to stop all these? be a vegetarian. if nobody eats fish, no one will catch them.

[RayZ fox]

They yell by-catch, but they show nets full of tuna.  I also didn't see 1 dead non-tuna fish.

[Theo Mad]

Look @zygopedelum , purse siening is a terrible method of fishing, however the use of FAD's and purse siening combined creates an extreme amount of bycatch. Bycatch is unwanted marine animals caught while fishing for other species. Because fish, such as tuna and dolphinfish, are attracted to FAD's, it's predators are attracted to FAD's because they see the fish as a source of food. So when the trawlers come in, not only are the target fish caught, but other marine species as well.