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Socio-Enviromental Report 2017 WHO WE ARE

FISHING

About Free FADs Pros: the risk of bycatch is reduced to a minimum SUSTAINABILITY
because the fish are caught one by one.
This is a selective fishing method that exploits the natural
tendency of migratory tuna to aggregate in schools and is Cons: Use of live bait like sardines and other small local PRODUCTION
based on skippers’ ability to identify tuna schools in the fish, involving the risk of impacts on their stocks if not
open sea without using fish aggregating devices (FADs). correctly handled. Given the reduced number of fish
caught, vessels tend to consume more fuel per ton of fish
Pros: Reduced risk of bycatch because it prevents the
aggregation of other species associated with the use of caught. Lastly, this method is physically harder for the
FADs. fishermen involved.
Cons: Increased fuel consumption because skippers have
to spend more time at sea looking for the tuna schools. Fishing methods that we do not use PEOPLE

Long Liner
Pole & Line
A fishing method used to capture those fish that do not
A traditional fishing method practiced just a short normally live in schools, like, for example, white tuna. It
distance from the coastline. The fishermen throw small involves setting cables in the water from which hang baited
bait into the water to attract the tuna; with the help of hooks that are deployed in the ocean until the fish bite.
water sprayed with pressure hoses, small swirls, which
disorientate the fish, are created. When the tuna are
in a feeding frenzy, the fishermen use their poles with Driftnet NUTRITION
lines and special hooks to bait them. Once hooked, the
tuna are hauled onboard and rapidly preserved in ice or A fishing technique in which the nets, referred to as “drift
frozen. nets”, hang vertically in the water without being anchored
to the ocean floor.