Loading images...

Maldives pole and line fishermen release bait fish to catch skipjack tuna. Photo: Greenpeace / Paul Hilton Pole and line fishing is a 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. Greenpeace / Paul Hilton The fishermen use the acceleration of the fish as they race to get their prey, hook them and fling them onto the ship's flat deck. Photo: Greenpeace / Paul Hilton Skipjack tuna gets sorted at a cannery processing plant in the in Felivaru, in the north atolls. Around 500 local people work in the plant, both fishing and fish processing are vital to the Maldives economy and provide crucial employment. Photo: Greenpeace / Paul Hilton Skipjack tuna are unloaded off a pole and line fishing boat at a cannery in the Maldives. Photo: Greenpeace / Paul Hilton The Maldives have built a successful pole-an-line industry, while the majority of the coastal states allow purse seine vessels owned by developed countries harvest the skipjack in their waters, according to Greenpeace. Photo: Greenpeace / Paul Hilton Skipjack tuna are sorted at a cannery to be processed. Photo: Greenpeace / Paul Hilton Skipjack tuna are moved form the ovens at a cannery plant. Photo: Greenpeace / Paul Hilton The tuna canned here are caught with pole and line fishing method. Photo: Greenpeace / Paul Hilton A fisherman holds up a giant barracuda caught during a pole and line fishing trip. Photo: Greenpeace / Paul Hilton A schoolgirl from Pohnpei, one of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia, holds up a selection of tuna cans caught by pole-and-line methods Photo: Greenpeace / Alex Hofford

Publisher: IntraFish