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Fish Aggregating Devices, or FADs, are a fishing tool used primarily by purse seine tuna fisheries. A FAD constitutes a quantity of floating material that is set out at sea, around which marine species such as tuna congregate. Fish attracted to FADs can become easy targets for encircling purse seine nets. FADs can be drifting (dFADs) or anchored (aFADs).
02 August 2021
By showing the public and policymakers of the Maldives the importance of sharks, we persuaded the government to keep protecting them.
2021
11 February 2021
10 December 2020
One and a half million metric tons of yellowfin tuna were caught worldwide in 2018, with a dock value of US$4.4 billion and an end value of almost US$16 billion. The Indian Ocean accounts for roughly 30 per cent of the world’s yellowfin tuna catch. Sold in cans, as steaks or raw as high-value sashimi, yellowfin tuna is one of three species of tropical tuna under the management of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC). The Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock has been overfished and subject to continued overfishing for more than five years and, as a result, is now at risk of collapse.
13 October 2020
Blue Marine Foundation is concerned about the inconsistent usage of Automatic Identification System (AIS) by Spanish and French-flagged tuna purse-seine vessels operating in the Western Indian Ocean.
31 August 2020
25 August 2020
08 June 2020
When the pandemic triggered the fishing of protected and vulnerable species, Blue Marine raised awareness of which fish not to catch.
2020
A geospatial analysis of fishing efforts in the Western Indian Ocean from 2016-2020, focusing on surface and other gear types. It examines fishing areas, periods, and AIS data in relation to piracy risk, addressing concerns about transparency and visibility in fishing operations, as raised by the Blue Marine Foundation.
16 May 2020
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