The Truth About FADs (Fish Aggregating Devices)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2009
- 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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Spearfishing also use FADs. it's the senseless non-selective catching method that is at fault here. not FADS!
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.
It's definitely not the FAD that's the problem , it's that trawler you have just shown that's the problem .
There should be a distinction made here between the use of FAD's for commercial fishing and their use for recreational fishing.
I live on a island in the western central pacific and have had five wash up on the beach in the last month. From my research they are satellite linked to the ships, emit a fish aggregating signal, and sonar data along with gps is relayed back to the ship. When a school is detected the ship sails to the location then sends a signal which activates a beacon on the unit and deploy their nets. Far from being banned they have become more sophisticated.
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...
A film..2048 The End Of The Line….explains why there wont be any fish in the ocean by 2048…worth a watch
fads aren't the problem it is the techniques used are what create the problem because here in the Caribbean we commercial fishers used hook and line and catch only what we target
So its not the FADS its the trawlers. this is what your video has shown. FADs are used over here in Western Australia for recriational fisherman no mass fishing and netting.
Incredible
So long, and thanks for all the fish
Thank you for posting this crucial video. This is exactly why Ric O' Barry left Earth Island Institute. I will share this with everyone!Blessings
Nice! Thats alot of fish. And a clever idea.
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.
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
Don't buy tuna.. No demand no supply,?
We saw 3 or 4 FADs washed into the lagoons of the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean in one day. Is Greenpeace doing anything to clear the Indian Ocean of these hideous devices?
no comment
Its commercial fishing, especially in municipal waters, that deplete fish stocks. Sustainable fishing methods such as traditional hook and line and passive gill net must be used with common sense to avoid entangling them on the mooring line. Blaming the FADs is looking at the problem upside down.
Ban??…waste of time…just like criminals break laws, large fishing companies ignore bans. Often they can make more from one net set than what a fine would cost them
MCGI...GOD BLESS.
Sad that every large fishing company commits this destruction simply for the benefit of shareholders, who literally do not give one flying crap about either the fisheries they rape and pillage, or the local people who suffer as a result, their inshore fishery wiped out by over fishing. 3 countries in particular will exploit it without a thought, and will not stop until it is all over. The film…2048 The End Of The Line…..is worth watching…..no more fish in 2048
Seems evil when fished by nets. But such devices can be a part of a sustainable fishery when fished only with hand line or hook and line pole fishing. Untargeted species can be release live and in tact. If only people would be responsible and respectful to other life.
Well, the Japanese still eat less beef per person and overall when compared to some countries (not naming names - the US, Argentina, U.K., France, Spain etc.) though may catch up if it copies the cultures of these. Anyway, not defending the Japanese or discounting the severity of over fishing, just balancing out the general hateful words towards the Japanese population in general below. GHG emissions from beef probably eclipses this as the overriding environmental issue of our time. Que no? (welcome feedback).
James I think you're spot on.
World elimination of fads is non realistic. Regulation of fads I agree with.
Off the east australian coast about 20 fads are used for recreational use. 95% of the fish are mahi mahi and are fast growing prolific breeders.
I support sustainability. I don't think that switching to beef is sustainable nor is wild catches of fish to feed the beef eaters.
I'd like to know where they found the fads they removed? What law allows them to remove them?
Or is it the case that greenpeace can do what it wants because it feels good?
what is wrong with beef
xinglin jiang
beef is the most ressource consuming type of food. You can feed more tan 100 persons with rice or chicken than it takes to feed one person with beef.
Dave Murray really? I think that depends how the cow are raised. it might be true if you feed them mainly with corn. but in many other countries people farm them on grass.
Oookkk lo la k kilo o lo Lo okay
sadly, i am in the mood for crab D:
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.
@plasteredbarstard
I agree 100%
that's me on the right in 3:26
That is an disgusting way of fishing thx for your work
hopefully the term "FAD" can be related in that way!
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.
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.
The nets and the trawling is the problem,not the fads. If the fisheries used pole and line instead and only targeted the tunathe it would be ok. Fads shoudn't be banned the nets should
Ma Shaa Allah
They yell by-catch, but they show nets full of tuna. I also didn't see 1 dead non-tuna fish.
Just ban commercial fishing. Here me out. They can turn to opening massive fish farms like the do in south AUS. They farm bluefin tuna kingfish Snapper and a lot of other different types of fish. I do want fads to stay they make great fishing for us recreational fisherman.
I swear Mahi don’t take any lures near fads it’s really annoying
Or at least in the AU
Japan is really starting to piss me off, isn't it about time we do something about this?
They are a way an average bloke can fish a fad and get a feed for his family. Don't put all fishing in the same basket. Until I saw this video about Greenpeace I supported them now I'm undecided. It seems as soon as you use the word green it becomes a weapon against average people and not the real offenders
This makes me sick!
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?...
@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!
irresponsible fishing
Need a bane on couples having more than one child less people less demand for food
Wtf they have no right to touch that fad without proper reason and proper personnel
I live in the pacific and the real problem is the asian fishermen with longliners, they are exterminating every population of fishes here and the most horrible is that nobody can do anything, to stop them because of the millions dollars they are making with... Fuck babylone system !!!
Eco nuts.
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.
Lindo
money money money
So.... fads aren't the problem here. Poor commercial fishing practices are. Recreational dads are no problem, especially for spearfishermen as we have no bi-catch anyway. Fighting the wrong fight there Greenpeace.
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.
Whatever greenpeace!
This is misleading. The problem is not with FADs; rather the problem is with irresponsible fishing. The FADs around Vanuatu help the locals catch fish. This is done using hand lines. So... Please stay away Greenpeace since you think it's ok to rip out people's FADs.
The solution to bycatch is aquaculture.
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.
still firm in my beliefs
may be instead of boycotting it, you should give them an alternative: watch?v=HP6rYThJWUg
dierenbuel
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Wtf ?
god!!! people should realise that we are the ones forcing them to use those methods. At the end of the day we are the ones responsible. stop showing ur hatred on a video which will bring u shit, and change urself.
Stop eating TUNA
Starving the tuna fish is echo-terrorism by greenpeace. Those guys are not green and they are not about peace.
Taking care of ocean pastures is the right way. There is an imbalance of land agriculture depriving the ocean life
of nutrients such as iron. Iron can gets to the ocean as dust blown by the wind. Modern agriculture = no dust, no
iron, no plankton, no fish. Modern agriculture has to be extended to the ocean pastures also. Tuna population is
down to 3%. Overfishing can achieve reduction to 30%. 3% is due to starvation. Greenpeace is starving the tuna fish.
lol
The biggest problem of all is the HUMAN!
Just eat some chicken
Wtf they have no right to touch that fad without proper reason and proper personnel
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lol