Along the high tide line this week, nestled among tangles of sargassum, I came across something far more industrial than the usual driftwood and shells — a fish aggregating device, or FAD, washed ...
Drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) are floating rafts with underwater netting used by fishing vessels to attract tuna. A recent study estimated that between 2007 and 2021, 1.41 million dFADs ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tuna fisheries often rely on fish aggregating devices (FADs), floating human-made structures that fish congregate around, which makes it relatively ...