Indonesia has welcomed measures to cut back on the use of fish-aggregating devices, which critics blame for Indian Ocean tuna being caught at unsustainable rates. A senior Indonesian fisheries ...
Fishermen hold empirical knowledge that tuna aggregate under floating objects, such as lengths of old rope, pieces of wood, or even large marine mammals. There is still no full explanation for this ...
ABSTRACT: This study provides a baseline measure of pelagic fish species diversity around fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Western Indian Ocean. Using data from visual censuses made by SCUBA ...
A recent study reveals that drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs), widely used in tuna fishing, have spread to more than a third of the world’s oceans. These devices harm ocean life and coastal ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tuna love to congregate around objects adrift at sea, so industrial fishing vessels release thousands of man-made plastic-heavy fish aggregating ...
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- More than half a million dollars in technology is making a splash off the coast of Destin. This week, county commissioners unanimously voted to add eight new fish aggregating ...
The Palm Beach Post article “What in the world are those things washing up on Florida’s beaches?” (Feb. 27) calls attention to an important environmental issue. However, international efforts to ...
They come from West Africa and experts are concerned because they’re drowning turtles and smashing coral reefs. But they keep showing up on Palm Beach County beaches. Makeshift contraptions for ...
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