Today, I caught a tuna.

It was the first fish I had ever caught in my life. And the first tuna that had to die because of me for a long time.

I haven’t eaten tuna for about three years. Not because I don’t like the taste of it – I actually love it – but because tuna stocks throughout the world’s oceans are either overfished or being overfished.

Why? Because the majority of the world’s skipjack tuna is caught by purse seine fishing boats that use fish aggregating devices (FADs). Continue reading →