The fibers that we have tested for FADs elaborated with biodegradable and not entangling materials were:
YUTE
It last 30 days.
CABUYA
It last 40 days
AGREEMENT COOPERATION WITH IATTC
The Tuna Conservation Group (TUNACONS) has made a strategic alliance with the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) with the signing of 2 Memorandum of Understanding, for scientific and technical cooperation in projects that strengthen the sustainable management of tuna populations in the EPO and for the implementation of a pilot test project of FADs built with degradable materials.
a) Strengthening of the evaluation system for tropical tuna stocks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO)
b) Evaluation of impacts of sets on FADs on juvenile yellowfin and bigeye tuna, as well as on by-catch
c) Technical review of the good use of the sorting grid
d) Analysis of depth nets impact in juvenile tunas
e) Improvements in good practices for handling bycatch,
c) Technical review of the good use of the sorting grid
f) Pilot projects of human observers on ships smaller than Class 6, and on electronic monitoring on all classes of tuna purse seiners,
g) Pilot project on the collection of discarded FADs,
h) Fleet capacity management plan in the EPO.
About the pilot project to develop degradable Plantados, several prototypes that meet the basic requirements of being non-entangled and degradable (NEDFADs or NEDs) will be tested and, to reduce their ecological impacts, they will not use nets (nor in the structure of flotation or raft neither in the submerged structure or tail, nor synthetic materials of any kind (except in [a satellite buoy and in the small marks that are used for identification of FADs), or chemicals that may be toxic in the environment (this It also refers to paints, gums, resins, and other glues.
. Constructed with materials that come from a sustained production system, and that do not produce toxic or polluting substances when they decompose.
. Durable, to cover the needs of fishing, which may vary according to the areas or strategies of the fleets. These can vary from 6 months in fisheries with important seasonal variations, up to 9 - 12 months or more in other cases.
To analyze the buoyancy and resistance of the material
Fleet Ships
To analyze its behavior where they develop their fishing activity and if it produces aggregation of fish in their fishing areas
company features
ABACÁ FIBER
more than
1401
FADs
have
been assambled
and deployed
What we do
Tunacons organize technical workshops with crew members and captains to elaborate prototypes of EcoFADs. Then The 5 companies members of the FIP assemble them and proceed to the shipping.
The Tuna Conservation Group (TUNACONS) has made a strategic alliance with the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) with the signing of 2 Memorandum of Understanding, for scientific and technical cooperation in projects that strengthen the sustainable management of tuna populations in the EPO and for the implementation of a pilot test project of FADs built with degradable materials.