Tuna Landings updated

[thefishingfreak]

yet another reason people NEED to call in there fish.
If the quotas aren't filled they'll give it to someone else.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

yet another reason people NEED to call in there fish.
If the quotas aren't filled they'll give it to someone else.

Thats happening with the giant quota now !
I wonder what % of the rec guys call in ???

[animal]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

Thats happening with the giant quota now !
I wonder what % of the rec guys call in ???

Seriously,some of you guys need to figure out who's your enemy.

[animal]

We n eed to hang together now,or we'll hang separately,later.

[keeperreaper]

The science and math they use to extract and formulate the recreational number has ZERO substantial data behind it. If/When NMFS is asked where they derived there informatiion from you response has/will be "best guess" scenario. They are trying to figure out what percentage of recreational tuna which are landed (killed) are not called in. They are basically throwing darts into the darkness hoping for the best but usually missing the board.

The process and the harrassing calls from the tuna people can be time consuming and bothersome. What they should do is let anglers email into the central data base. Easier quicker and they could make an easy to use form for us on their website.

But really it comes down to the angler calling in the fish and doing what is LAWFULLY required.

[niko]

rr -hopefully getting out a couple times next week. kr- nice idea about e-mailing in what gets caught

[clcharette]

Originally Posted by keeperreaper

The science and math they use to extract and formulate the recreational number has ZERO substantial data behind it. If/When NMFS is asked where they derived there informatiion from you response has/will be "best guess" scenario. They are trying to figure out what percentage of recreational tuna which are landed (killed) are not called in. They are basically throwing darts into the darkness hoping for the best but usually missing the board.

The process and the harrassing calls from the tuna people can be time consuming and bothersome. What they should do is let anglers email into the central data base. Easier quicker and they could make an easy to use form for us on their website.

But really it comes down to the angler calling in the fish and doing
what is LAWFULLY required.

I agree that all recs need to call in there catch but who says they aren't already? Whether they do or not has no impact on the future of the quota that we are close to losing. If guys are going to screw with their catch landings and call in fish that weren't caught thinking they are helping thats bull, all they are doing is filling the rec quota and the result will be the season being shut down in September before the best fishing even starts.

How complicating is calling in the catch?

[keeperreaper]

The complication is the incessant calls back. The inconvenience of the call backs. You know as well as I not everyone that we know who targets these call all the fish in. I'm sure after 10 hours on the water 2 hours travel, 1 hour cleaning, 1 hour filleting the tuna, the last thing a lot of people are thinking about is callin in the fish. I doubt people are going to call in phantom fish either. For what? 95% of the guys out there catch less than 2 fish a year if that. I'm sure they aren't calling in fish to protect a fish they cant even catch on their own.

What about the guys back dooring these fish to restaurants? Do you think they are calling those in? Whast about the guys fishing without permits? Are they calling in? I don't think so.

Either way we as a whole have a long swim upstream.

[clcharette]

Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

yet another reason people NEED to call in there fish.
If the quotas aren't filled they'll give it to someone else.

The recs exceeded their limits for the past 2 years. Its the general category that has to fill the quota.