Global Coalition Wants GPS Satellite Services Phased Out to Stop the Use of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices

Satellite companies providing crucial GPS communications to European fishing companies are to blame for unsustainable industrial-scale tuna fishing in the Indian Ocean. This is according to a global coalition of environmentalists, media influencers, and many others, who say they are profiting from overfishing.

An open letter signed by marine conservation and animal welfare groups, scientists, academics, parliamentarians, representatives from the
space, technology, and cultural sectors, as well as concerned individuals, has been delivered to the UK branch of Iridium Satellite UK Limited. It calls for the phasing out of the provision of GPS satellite services to companies using drifting fish aggregating devices.