Article. The good and the bad about FADs. Blaha. Jun 2018

Francisco Blaha discusses some pros and cons related to Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs). He reports that around 50% of canned tuna comes from skipjack caught with the aid of FADs. Concerns with the use of FADs include the amount of unintended and unwanted catch that is caught along with the target species. This catch is often referred to as “bycatch’. 6 June 2018