Your browser does not support this video. Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Ecuadorian-Seiner-Monteneme-27MZIF25DA_4.htmlConceptually similarFADs Underwater in East Pacific OceanGP03IFUCompleted★★★★Action against Japanese Purse Seiner GP03IA5Completed★★★★Japanese Purse Seiner Fishing on FADsGP03IJUCompleted★★★★★★Bamboo FAD Underwater GP03IC5Completed★★★★Philippine Purse Seine Fishing OperationGP04J5KCompleted★★★★★★★FADs Underwater in West Pacific OceanGP03IFVCompleted★★★★★★Tuna Fishing ClipreelGP0STPE1ECompleted★★★★★Koo's 101 FAD CatchGP03IKACompleted★★★★Helicopter Pilot Blows Whistle On Tuna Industry - B-RollGP03II0Completed★★★★★★★View AllGP03IFHEcuadorian Seiner MontenemeThe Ecuadorian purse seiner 'Monteneme' fishing. Shots include its crew hauling in a net full of skipjack tuna. A turtle is also caught in the net. The vessel was spotted by Greenpeace near the 'Paramount Seamount', in the vicinity the northern Galapagos Islands. Greenpeace is calling for a total ban on fish aggregating devices, or FADs, and the setting up of a global network of marine reserves.Locations:Ecuador-Galapagos Islands-Pacific Ocean-South Pacific OceanDate:4 Dec, 2009Credit:© GreenpeaceDuration:3m22sAudio format:NaturalProduction Type :B-ROLLKeywords:Fish-Fish Aggregation Devices (FADs)-Fishers-Fishing (activity)-Fishing (Industry)-Fishing nets-Fishing ships-KWCI (GPI)-Marine Reserves (campaign title)-Oceans (campaign title)-Overfishing-Seine fishing-Skipjack tunas-Trapped-Tunas-Turtles-Underwater shotsShoot:FAD Documentation in the Eastern Pacific OceanFish aggregation device (FAD) documentation in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Ecuadorean purse seiners 'Cabo Marzo', 'Monteneme', 'Ingalapagos' and 'Ocean Lady' were spotted by the crew of the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza. Purse seine fishing vessels set their huge nets on these FADs taking everything with them, including a large bycatch of unwanted fish. Their bycatch included: juvenile bigeye tuna, juvenile yellowfin tuna, black marlin, Spanish mackerel, wahoo, triggerfish, mahi mahi, green sea turtle and Olive Ridley turtle. Greenpeace has confiscated several FADs which are currently banned in pockets of the Pacific Ocean. Greenpeace is calling for a total ban on the use of fish aggregation devices (FADs), and the establishment of a global network of marine reserves.Related Collections:FAD Documentation in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Photos & Videos)
