Fish near a FAD in Palau

An illegally deployed fish aggregating device (FAD) in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Palau. Two FADs were confiscated by Greenpeace in conjunction with law enforcement officers from the Government of Palau. Greenpeace is currently on a joint surveillance operation with the Government of Palau, patrolling the Western and Central Pacific Ocean where 60% of the world's tuna comes from. The use of FADs in destructive purse seine fishing is destroying the health of the oceans and Greenpeace is calling for a full ban on FADs at the forthcoming 'Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission' (WCPFC) which will from 02-06 December 2012 in Manila, Republic of the Philippines.