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Maldives - the land of Tuna.,

Pole & Line is the only way we know how to catch fish.,

Maldives is renowned as one of the most exotic tourist-destinations in the world. It is no wonder that Maldives tops the list of the most exclusive Sun-Sea-Sand hideouts in the globe. Conversely, less known it is to the outside world, that the “SEA” component denotes the means for livelihood in this island nation as far back as 10BC.

The Maldivian’s are nomadic seafarers who roam the seas that surround them in search of surface tuna – Our lifeblood. The fisheries sector has always been the integral part of economy and trade to the island inhabitants of the Maldives. Fishing is officially declared as the “Pride of the Nation” and 10th December is commemorated as the Fishermen’s Day.

The age old fishing methods of “Pole & Line” and “Hand Line” techniques that Maldivian employ has been passed on father-to-son for generations and the catch of Maldives, perhaps, is the most environment-friendly catch in the world. Every single fish that is caught in Maldives and exported in fresh, frozen, canned and dry form can have the assurance that it was caught one-by-one, every single one of them! A tiny dip to the world tuna consumption.

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However attributes such as having no quality advantage between sea and land based freezing due to same-day return fishing practice, the lead time between catching and canning at times being less than 24 hours and a catch rate of 350 to 400 skipjack per minute, (fish-by-fish) by 18 to 20 fishermen using Pole & Line are just few glimpse of the freshness, environment-friendly nature and to some extent uniqueness that characterize the Maldives fisheries industry.