Not Just a FAD: Saving the Reefs in the Seychelles Islands
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Sam Balderson, Christian Burger, Tony Jupiter,
Lucy Martin, Rose Martin, Brandi Mueller
Sharon Ralsph anc ICS
A diver cuts lose a FAD tangled in the reef, Alphonse Atoll, Seychelles. Photo by Christian Burger.
Drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) are threatening endangered marine species and coral reefs in the Indian Ocean. Marine conservationist Lucy Martin worked with the Island Conservation Society (ICS), a non-governmental organization in the Seychelles, on a large survey in 2015 to find out how big an issue FADs actually were.
