Fish aggregating device
Various types of FADs have been employed in the traditional fishing cultures of Island Southeast Asia (especially in the Philippines), Japan, and Malta for centuries.The objects appear to provide a "visual stimulus in an optical void",[2] and offer refuge for juvenile fish from predators.[4] Drifting FADs float with the currents, are not tethered to the bottom and can be man made, or natural objects such as logs or driftwood.[7][8] Modern payao have cylindrical, bullet-shaped, or rectangular steel floats that can better withstand rough seas, with cement anchors sunk to depths of up to 5,000 m (16,000 ft) deep.[9][7][8][10][1] Payao FADs have been introduced to traditional fishermen in Vietnam, Thailand (where it is known as sung), Fiji, the Solomon Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, and other countries in Oceania.[7][8] In Indonesia, Malaysia, Timor-Leste, and among the Moken people of Myanmar, a very similar traditional method is known as rumpon or roempon in Malay.It uses an anchored bamboo raft supporting a lure line with palm leaves or bundles of grass attached along its length.In Malta, a very similar method (known as kannizzati) is also used to catch mahi-mahi and pilot fish, using anchored flat cork rafts that are then harvested by encircling nets, long lines, or trolling.
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