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Best practice framework for the management of fishing gear - Factsheet Best practices for Fishing Aggregating Devices (FADs)
Title (original)
Best practice framework for the management of fishing gear - Factsheet Best practices for Fishing Aggregating Devices (FADs)
Description
This document produced by the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) addresses the Fish aggregating devices (FADs) problem. Most FADs include satellite tracking beacons and high tech equipment that can estimate the amount of tuna. Each year, more than 120 thousand FADs are deployed in the tropics, worldwide, and they are highly likely to become a component of ALDFG, since they are lost or deliberately abandoned. FADs are somewhat unique in that they are the only form of fishing gear that can be legally abandoned at sea. These best practices are meant to prevent, mitigate, and cure the risks to marine life and ecosystems associated with lost or abandoned FADs.
Authors
GGGI
Publication year
2017
Resource type
Dissemination materials
Language
English
Areas of knowledge
Waste prevention & management from fishing, aquaculture and ports
Impacts, reduction & retrieval of ALDFG
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