A recent study reveals that drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs), widely used in tuna fishing, have spread to more than a third of the world’s oceans. These devices harm ocean life and coastal ...

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 ...

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 ...