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yes, as roger said, the permit is for your vessel only. not for the person. and, you are required to call in your catch as well within 24 hours. the feds do not screw around w/ tuna. also, you cannot even cast to tuna w/o the permit, never mind keep. tuna are one of the weathiest fish in our ocean and one with the most politics attached. ever wonder why there are many helicopters around occasionally when the tuna show up? or the coast guard and unmarked vessels are around looking for people illegally catching tuna?
on the subject of tunas from shore, how many anglers would be able to distinguish a bft from a yft or big eye? smaller species are very hard to tell apart from time to time.
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