New video footage captured by a tuna industry whistleblower, shows the negative impacts of using Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs). The video features experiences of a helicopter pilot employed by tuna fishing companies to spot and herd tuna before capture by purse seine vessels but it also shows the routine bycatch of marine species, including whale sharks, rays and whales when using FADs.

The never-before-seen footage, shot onboard a tuna fishing vessel in the Pacific, reveals the true cost of a can of tuna and underlines the urgent need for nations to extend a fishing ban in the Pacific Commons and to ban the use of FADs with purse seine nets, both are necessary steps for the creation of a healthy tuna industry, and the promise living oceans for the future. Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) are floating devices used to attract fish to the surface, and are one of the most aggressive fishing operations used by the industry in the face of fish populations that are declining due to overfishing. While they have been banned in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean for three months of the year, this is not enough. Nearly 60% of the worlds' tuna comes from the Pacific, where the regions valuable bigeye and yellowfin tuna are currently being overfished.

The increased catch of juvenile tuna with FADs is further putting these species at risk. The whistleblower, who worked as a spotter onboard a tuna fishing boat in the Pacific, said marine species such as dolphins, manta rays, marlin and whales, were caught almost every time FADs were deployed.