Pole-and-Line Tuna Catchers
Tuesday October 14, 2008
Last October I was sent on assignment to the Maldives to document, pole and line fishing.
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Tuna fishermen, Maldives, Indian Ocean. Photo: Paul Hilton/Greenpeace
Pole and line fishing is one of the only true sustainable fishing methods on the planet with almost no by-catch. It allows the fishermen to be more selective and therefore more sustainable way to catch tuna as only fish of a certain size are caught, leaving juveniles to grow to spawning age and replenish the stock in the future. See link.
http://www.intrafish.no/global/pictures/article248377.ece?imagenumber=0
Paul Hilton: Hong Kong Photographer