NMFS considering petition to protect thresher

[Joey Dah Fish]

I don't fish for them but it doesn't matter we are taking it up the a** every time you look

[TAGGED FISH]

Too many pictures posted on the internet last few years. Im just as guilty as the next guy .
I wish we all would stop half the pictures & stop talking about limit catches or numbers.

[Fin Reaper]

When is the middle class tax payer going to be consider over harvested and endangered?

Sorry, I got off topic

[Dino]

i kind of disagree that 54" fork length is "extremely conservative." taking a 54" fork thresher or mako back to the dock .. its like the equivalent of shooting a week old fawn deer from you're tree stand.. you're taking the resource before its had a chance to grow and become that trophy buck. protect it while its small, and then you will have more big bucks roaming the woods to shoot and harvest. we have these species we know can achieve 700+ lbs, they should introduce a alternative minimum Fork length for them. to me that is far preferable to a complete ban

[JDTuna]

Originally Posted by Dino

i kind of disagree that 54" fork length is "extremely conservative." taking a 54" fork thresher or mako back to the dock .. its like the equivalent of shooting a week old fawn deer from you're tree stand.. you're taking the resource before its had a chance to grow and become that trophy buck. protect it while its small, and then you will have more big bucks roaming the woods to shoot and harvest. we have these species we know can achieve 700+ lbs, they should introduce a alternative minimum Fork length for them. to me that is far preferable to a complete ban

I was speaking about the one fish per vessel per day as "extremely conservative," and the way the commercial fishery is managed. In any case, from an ecological perspective, it is better the harvest a smaller individual than it is to take a large, mature shark. Trying to compare management regimes and biology of sharks and deer are, well like comparing apples and oranges.

[BigBull]

Originally Posted by TAGGED FISH

Too many pictures posted on the internet last few years. Im just as guilty as the next guy .
I wish we all would stop half the pictures & stop talking about limit catches or numbers.

Your right Chad. The best numbers are no numbers.

[Solemate]

Agree with Chad

[JDTuna]

Originally Posted by TAGGED FISH

Too many pictures posted on the internet last few years. Im just as guilty as the next guy .
I wish we all would stop half the pictures & stop talking about limit catches or numbers.

This petition really has nothing to do with pictures. It was a petition submitted to NOAA by an animal rights group. I t wasn't initiated by the NMFS.