On World Tuna Day, Pew warns of threat to bigeye from buoys

NGO says devices that snare young in massive sweeps imperil stocks

0503N Bigeye tuna

Fish aggregating devices, known as FADs, attract bigeye tuna like moths to a flame.

ARIANA KING, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- The vulnerable stocks of bigeye tuna beloved by sushi fans face an even deeper threat as the juveniles become an unintended casualty of weakly regulated buoyed devices that lure vast numbers of fish, the Pew Charitable Trusts said ahead of World Tuna Day on Wednesday.

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