Catch & Release Discussion

[blackcloud9]

Hi Bob, let me help you with some facts related to commercial fishing for Rockfish and Black Seabass ...... BOTH have been massively commercially harvested in the past.

Black Seabass: The fish was so heavily exploited in both California and Mexican waters that the commercial landings declined rapidly from 115 tonnes in 1932 to 5 tonnes in 1980 in California waters, whereas it decreased greatly from 363 tonnes to 12 tonnes in Mexican waters over the same period (Domeier 2001).

http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/20795/0

Rockfish: During the 1980s rockfish landings averaged 45,800 metric tons per year; peak rockfish catch occurred in 1982 when over 61,000 metric tons were landed along the US West Coast (PacFIN 2005).

See page 9 at
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/c...fishReport.pdf



I won't even state my opinion on c&r here, but I could not let a false statement like that pass without comment.

[dsafety]

Thanks for the correction Larry. I was unaware that either of those types of fish were ever commercially fished to any degree in the coastal San Diego waters. I wonder if those fish counts came from the gill netters and long line fishers that used to ply these waters.

I have lived near the ocean all my life. This must have snuck past me somehow.

Bob

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[Afran]

Originally Posted by dsafety

Thanks for the correction Larry. I was unaware that either of those types of fish were ever commercially fished to any degree in the coastal San Diego waters. I wonder if those fish counts came from the gill netters and long line fishers that used to ply these waters.

I have lived near the ocean all my life. This must have snuck past me somehow.

Bob

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