purse seining

[big jay]

Well said Ron.

I would add that we also need to control the gross overfishing and tuna ranching in the med.

Red Herring is right in one respect - if they shut down all fishing for tuna (Giants and smalls alike) - us and abroad, they would definately come back strong.

I think the goal is managing the fish so that they come back without the drastic step of a full moratorium.

[Tuna Burner]

The problem with this whole tuna thing is that you have tuna farms all over the place and as far as a the purse seining boats go half of them got sold and turned into herring boats I fished when all you saw was giants and you had harpoon boats killing the quota by the end of June do you remeber getting rid of the spotter plane's I do how the hell you think these guys find the fish with a temp chart no way it's the planes put some effort into fishing like I do and a lot of other guys out there do because in my opinion you want a giant or just to find fish get a plane but on the other hand get rid of the plane's and it starts a whole new playing field. To this day I know guys that get 40 to 70 giants for the year rod and reel as well as harpoon what do think they have hmm maybe a plane that spots for them don't get me wrong I hate the way these purse seining boats work in the bay killing a whole school of fish too.

[RedHerring]

Originally Posted by big jay

Well said Ron.


I think the goal is managing the fish so that they come back without the drastic step of a full moratorium.

That's why tuna is headed for extinction. Everyone is concerned about the stocks, but no one wants to give up their slice of the pie. I am sure that the seiners want to stop the sportsfishing boats just as we want to stop the seiners.

As long as there is a price on their heard, Tuna are doomed. My comment on Europe was misinterpreted; the problem is that our tuna migrate over there so local controls in North America will only solve part of the problem. As far as the price, 6$-$12 pound is still a lot; can you imagine if stripers were that price? There would be gun fights at Block.

You guys are fishing a vestigial tuna population. A moratorium on the sale would be windfall to the charter industry.