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Purse seiners regularly deploy thousands of artificial fish aggregating devices (FADs) to increase their catch of tropical tuna. Currently used drifting FADs consist mainly of bamboo rafts with black netting attached. While effective for fishers, these FADs are also responsible for incidental entanglement of sea turtles and sharks. There is a need to modify FAD designs to reduce bycatch while still meeting fishers
- Author
- Melisa Budi Selawati
- Language
- EN