Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Line-Fishing-off-Tarawa-Island-27MZIF3JIJIJ.htmlConceptually similarLine Fishing off Tarawa IslandGP0STOM68Completed★★★★Line Fishing off Tarawa IslandGP0STOM67Completed★★★★Line Fishing off Tarawa IslandGP0STOM61Completed★★★★Line Fishing off Tarawa IslandGP0STOM62Completed★★★★Line Fishing off Tarawa IslandGP0STOM69Completed★★★★Line Fishing off Tarawa IslandGP0STOM63Completed★★★★Local Fishermen Line Fishing off KiribatiGP0STOM5VCompleted★★★★Line Fishing off Tarawa IslandGP0STOM66Completed★★★★Line Fishing off Tarawa IslandGP0STOM5XCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STOM5WLine Fishing off Tarawa IslandArtisanal fishermen line fishing for tuna, using a lure and dragging it behind the boat. While many of the modern tuna purse seiner use helicopter to search for tuna schools, the local fishermen are following the birds. The nation is considered one of the least developed and poorest countries in the world with people whose livelihoods depend on the fish. Since the arrival of foreign fishing vessels in Kiribati waters, the catches for the local fishermen have been reduced. Commercial fishing industry in background. Greenpeace are in Tarawa to document the challenges the people of Kiribati are facing towards their livelihood and survival, from climate change and overfishing.Locations:Kiribati-Micronesia-Oceania-Pacific Islands-South Pacific Ocean-TarawaDate:9 Jul, 2014Credit:© Christian Åslund / GreenpeaceMaximum size:7074px X 4721pxKeywords:Boats-Climate (campaign title)-Day-Fishers-Fishing (activity)-Fishing (Industry)-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Longline fishing-Men-Oceans (campaign title)-Oceans (topography)-Outdoors-Overfishing-Three peopleShoot:Overfishing and Climate Change Impacts in KiribatiDocumentation on the impacts of sea level rise and overfishing faced by the people in Kiribati, one of the Gilbert islands in the Pacific Ocean.Related Collections:Human Impacts of Overfishing in Kiribati