This shocking video shows how sharks, rays and turtles are wiped out by destructive fishing methods. They get caught in giant nets before being tossed overboard, dead or dying.

IF YOU’RE not eating tuna specifically caught in Australian or Pacific waters, then stop reading now.

A shocking video released by Greenpeace Australia Pacific has revealed the price marine life pay just so the rest of the world can eat tuna.

And it’s not pretty.

The graphic video, which was filmed by fisherman in the Indian Ocean, but leaked to Greenpeace, shows the destruction caused to our oceans and marine life using FADs, or man-made Fish Aggregating Devices.

The marine magnets, used by industrial tuna fishers, catch not only tuna, but also sharks, threatened whale sharks, stingrays and other species.

Turtles, marlin and other endangered marine life are also caught up in the nets and are simply chucked out of the pile and eventually tipped overboard.

According to Greenpeace, 90 per cent of tuna caught in the Indian Ocean are captured using FADS.

And while most tuna we eat in Australia is caught from the Pacific, Greenpeace argue Australia’s lax labelling laws mean some consumers could be unwittingly eating tuna caught from the Indian Ocean.

Greenpeace Australia Pacific oceans campaigner Nathaniel Pelle said while labelling on tinned tuna was often clear, this wasn’t the case when it came to tuna served up in restaurants, for example, which didn’t have to declare where the tuna was caught.

Mr Pelle said FADs were wasteful and consumers couldn’t always guarantee they were getting tuna caught from our pristine waters or that of the Pacific, which used more sustainable methods.

“FAD fisheries are very wasteful — over 100,000 tonnes of unwanted fish are thrown away in the Indian Ocean each year,” he said.

“30 per cent of the catch is made up of yellowfin and bigeye, most of which are juveniles that haven’t had a chance to breed — they are destroying the future of the fishery.”

But he added this figure did not take into account the huge numbers of juvenile yellowfin and bigeye caught on FADs that are retained.

Mr Pelle said tuna in Australia was often caught using more sustainable methods such as best-practice longline, while most tuna caught in the Pacific was caught FAD-free.

But he added this didn’t mean Aussies would never eat seafood which was caught and packed in Thailand or China and caught using FADS.

Mr Pelle said this video ultimately showed all the reasons Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigned, and won, to stop bad practices in the Australian tuna industry.

He said every major brand and supermarket in Australia has now cut their reliance on FADs which are employed by industrial tuna fishers from the EU and countries including USA, Japan, Taiwan to catch skipkjack tuna efficiently.

Companies which sell tinned tuna have made a commitment to put this in place in Australia by the end of 2015 and most now voluntarily label their tins with the species and where it’s caught.

He said if Coles could clearly show this on its own tuna then other companies and restaurants should do the same.

“Our country of origin laws need better enforcing,” he said.

“It needs to show people what ocean it is caught in.”

“Not every fish we are offered for purchase is a good choice and making a sustainable choice can be complicated,” he writes on his blog.

“But if you don’t know what species of fish you’re eating, where it came from, or how it was caught you don’t even have the basics you need to think about making an informed decision.”

He urged consumers to learn more and take action via the Label My Fish campaign.