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Four-month ban on FADs begins

Thursday 31 July 2014 | Published in Environment

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Four-month ban on FADs begins
Marine life swimming around a fish aggregation device, or FAD, spotted by Greenpeace in the vicinity of the northern Galapagos Islands. 14073052

American purse seiners operating in Cook Islands waters have been banned from using fish aggregation devices for a four-month period.

American purse seiners operating in Cook Islands waters have been banned from using fish aggregation devices for a four-month period.


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