A payao is a traditional fish aggregating device from the Philippines.[1][2] Payaos are traditionally floating rafts of bamboo anchored to the seafloor, with submerged weighted palm fronds beneath it. They were harvested using handline fishing, surface trolling, or small-scale purse seining. Modern steel payaos use fish lights and fish location sonar to increase yields. While payao fishing is sustainable on a small scale, the large scale, modern applications have been linked to adverse impacts on fish stocks. Payaos have been introduced to fishermen in Vietnam, Thailand (where it is known as sung), and various countries in Oceania (including the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands).[2][3]
Similar devices are also used traditionally in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Timor-Leste (where they are known as rumpon or roempon in Malay), and among the Moken people of Myanmar.[2]
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