M&S joins calls for EU to restrict harmful tuna fishing methods in Indian Ocean

Bajau fishers fishing for yellow-fin tuna on a fish aggregating device, Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia. Photograph: Mauricio Handler/National Geographic/Getty Images

The EU is under pressure to significantly restrict its huge fleet of fishing vessels from using “fish aggregating devices” that make it easier to catch huge numbers of fish and contribute further to overfishing.

A letter signed by Marks & Spencer and more than 100 environmental groups, including the International Pole and Line Foundation, warns EU officials that the devices (FADs) are one of the main contributors to overfishing of yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean, because they catch high numbers of juveniles.