shark fishing

[bill kay]

Heard on tv news about boat fishing for sharks to sell for food abroad from west country ports .Is the amount being caught by one boat 128 in a week not detrimental to the shark stocks! Why do they do it? Comments please any one!

 

[alan outen]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3253752.stm

the was also a thing on the tsf site about a charter skipper who caught 100 bass and killed them all one day with a magazine on board and he admitted to doing the same to 150 bass the day before

 

[Fred Bonney]

The only reason they're doing it is MONEY.

 

[alan outen]

plus there is no cod left so theyve found another species to wipe out

 

[Ron Troversial Clay]

I think that sea anglers should have a daily bag limit on each species. When you have caught your limit you pack up.

Many years ago on the Kwazulu Natal coast you could catch as many as 50 shad (Bluefish) in a session. I've seen such catches taken on several occasions.

Then for several years, you could get none. The Natal Parks Board brought in a bag limit of 4 shad per angler per day.

Today, the fish are back in numbers and the bag limit is zealously enforced. Four good eating fish should satisfy any true angler.

 

[alan outen]

but would that be limited to catch and release or catch and eat