These “snapshots” identify best practices for sustainable tuna fishing. In detailed tables, they also compare tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMO) progress in implementing them.
Read our companion “best-practices” technical reports on these topics.
ISSF 2017-04: Questions and Answers about FADs and Bycatch*
| Date Added: | August 7, 2017 |
| Downloaded: | 812 times |
| Tags: | Biodegradable FADs, Bycatch, Dagorn, FADs, Justel-Rubio, Non-Entangling FADs, Purse Seine, Restrepo, Tuna |
| Authors: | Dagorn, Justel-Rubio, Restrepo |
| Language: | English |
| Author(s): | Victor Restrepo, Laurent Dagorn, and Ana Justel-Rubio |
| report_type: | Technical Report |
Description
This report presents answers to key questions about Fish Aggregating Devices, or FADs — inanimate objects used to aggregate tunas.
The authors compare the catch composition of target tuna species in FAD and Free-Swimming School purse seine sets, consider the bycatch of nontarget species (including from a conservation viewpoint), discuss fishing in relation to juvenile tunas, and address other issues.
This document updates an earlier version (Dagorn and Restrepo, 2011) with more recent data and findings.