purse seining

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by RedHerring

No the big problem is the price of tuna. There should be a no sale for a few years; look what it did to the striper fishery.

The price is so high, and marine regulators, seemingly, are so cheap to buy, that bluefin tuna will go extinct unless it is taken off the market here and in Europe. I just do not see how tuna can survive.

No offense, but you are mistaken!
Today's price per pound is peanuts compared to the past!
-Average today is $6 - $12 per lb
Back in the late 80s- early 90s, 3-4 times that!
Also,
Asia is the major buyer for tuna, not Europe !
Our 85 inch fish this year was estimated to be about 5 years old, so I would say they can rejenerate stocks fairly quickly, compared to SLOW growing cod who in my opinion, are in much more trouble than the tuna !
-Get rid of the mid water trawlers
-fix the bait
-get rid of dog fish (who are eating all the bait)
- better regs on taking WAY TOO many small tuna (27 & 47 in fish)

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

-fix the bait

shut down the seiners.

-get rid of dog fish (who are eating all the bait)

they're eating all the bait?
and GREAT IDEA! kill something else to fix the problem!
as if the ecosystem isn't EFFED UP ENOUGH?

[RedHerring]

Originally Posted by likwid

they're eating all the bait?
and GREAT IDEA! kill something else to fix the problem!
as if the ecosystem isn't EFFED UP ENOUGH?

The dogfish issue is one of perception; they are palatable. They are used for Fish & Chips in England; why couldn't they be used for, say, MacDonalds fish fillet sandwich (maybe they are!).