Skipjack tuna gets sorted at a cannery processing plant in the in Felivaru, in the north atolls. The cannery is a fish processing plant operating to the strictest regulations of health and safety. Around 500 local people work in the plant, both fishing and fish processing are vital to the Maldives economy and provide crucial employment. The tuna canned here are caught with pole and line fishing practice, an old traditional technique which is selective and therefore a more sustainable way to catch tuna.