2009 Tuna Landings Fact Sheet

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by keeperreaper

The days of multiple fish kept are long over.

Got the HMS email yesterday... There is NO way that only 5 trophy's were taken by rec anglers last year coastwide. give me a break..

so some of you argue guys were over reporting school/mediums to bump up the catch quota, but then seriously under reported the # of giants??

As a semi-outsider to the bluefin fishery, I was always surprised they had a 2 fish bag, even with the different sizes (i.e. when it was 1@ 27-42, 42-73)

I hope it isn't so drastic it kills the fishery, especially for the charter guys and others who have spent a ton of money on gear and such... I suspect a lot of 50's will hit the classifieds this year...

[buckman]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Got the HMS email yesterday... There is NO way that only 5 trophy's were taken by rec anglers last year coastwide. give me a break..

so some of you argue guys were over reporting school/mediums to bump up the catch quota, but then seriously under reported the # of giants??

As a semi-outsider to the bluefin fishery, I was always surprised they had a 2 fish bag, even with the different sizes (i.e. when it was 1@ 27-42, 42-73)

I hope it isn't so drastic it kills the fishery, especially for the charter guys and others who have spent a ton of money on gear and such... I suspect a lot of 50's will hit the classifieds this year...

The big ones get sold. Like it or not

[Sweetwater]

Only two category/classes of fish were over-quota; 1) long-line and 2) recreational for lg/med/small school. We may see a higher % of fish in the 73"+ range, which will be tougher to land for many recreational anglers and will put more fish in the one/year "trophy" range. It will be interesting to see how that effects matters.

[beamie]

In addition to this data,a great number of recreationally caught BFT go unreported. Some are lazy and don't report, some don't know they have to report, some figure if they don't report then the season lasts longer.

If this data is correct no doubt big changes are coming. Talking with a local tackle shop owner there are more than a few people holding off on buying gear set-ups until new rule changes come out.

[Mr. Sandman]

go commercial

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by beamie

In addition to this data,a great number of recreationally caught BFT go unreported. Some are lazy and don't report, some don't know they have to report, some figure if they don't report then the season lasts longer.

If this data is correct no doubt big changes are coming. Talking with a local tackle shop owner there are more than a few people holding off on buying gear set-ups until new rule changes come out.

It would be nonsense to close the recreational fishery. If that idea gets thrown around, then the commercial quota should be decreased to preserve a one fish per day take for recs.