Releasing fish with Baratrauma

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

A lot of questions to be answered which might make me think otherwise because often times the devil is in the details and what seems to be logical in theory is not in practice.

- Who is responsible for purchasing the device...The boat owner, private or for hire or the individual angler or does there just have to be one on the boat?

- Same question above except for who's responsible for making sure the device is used and is it mandatory to use on every fish and any species that's released or only the ones showing signs of decompression?

- Who makes the final decision to implement this? Some committee in the sky who can make a unilateral decision or will this be discussed and decided by the public in a state or region.

It’s already written into law in other states .
Every boat is required to have and use it to release every fish not kept caught from waters deep enough for compression .

Marine fisheries should be mandating their use to protect the fisheries .

A venting tool is 10-25 bucks
The investment isn’t in the tool , it’s in actually using it

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[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

It’s already written into law in other states .
Every boat is required to have and use it to release every fish not kept caught from waters deep enough for compression .

Marine fisheries should be mandating their use to protect the fisheries .

A venting tool is 10-25 bucks
The investment isn’t in the tool , it’s in actually using it

..

Thanks for that Dan. I'm starting to come around here. You and me are usually on opposite ends of things but I always appreciate our discussions and your point of view. Although yours might differ from mine, we can still talk about them and keep it respectful.

[bunker dunker]

i think the angler should take some responsibility also.learn to properly vent a fish brought up from the depths{that can be}.i do allot of off shore sea bass
trip every year.i know that those bass coming up from that depth will have the bends.i learned how to vent them and now watch every one that i throw back swim straight back down to the bottom.it takes seconds to do.tile fishing is a horse of another color.i believe that anything brought up from 700-1200ft doesn't stand a chance of revival.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by bunker dunker

i think the angler should take some responsibility also.learn to properly vent a fish brought up from the depths{that can be}

Agreed 100%!

[Broad Bill]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

A lot of questions to be answered which might make me think otherwise because often times the devil is in the details and what seems to be logical in theory is not in practice.

- Who is responsible for purchasing the device...The boat owner, private or for hire or the individual angler or does there just have to be one on the boat?

- Same question above except for who's responsible for making sure the device is used and is it mandatory to use on every fish and any species that's released or only the ones showing signs of decompression?

- Who makes the final decision to implement this? Some committee in the sky who can make a unilateral decision or will this be discussed and decided by the public in a state or region.

Spoken like a bureaucrat. Don't over complicate it. Start somewhere and make changes when needed. As Dan mentioned, there's states that already have this in place so use best practices and follow their lead. Or we can do what ASMFC, MAFMC and NMFS do which is overthink and overcomplicate matters, what if it to death and simply kick the can down the road to the point where nothing is done.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Tom - If your "spoken like a bureaucrat" remark was directed at me, I take offense to that and you might want to retract your statement since I feel it's a personal attack on my character...

Opinions are always welcome here but personal character attacks are not

[Broad Bill]

Gerry my post was a general comment, not directed at you personally so nothing to retract. Note your name or "you" isn't written anywhere in my reply.

If you want to discuss personal character attacks, we can certainly go down that road as you've more than once come at me for benign posts I've made and statements of opinion. Icing chub mackerel, mind my own business and it's none of your business. Your comment on yesterday's blackfish thread, the same. None of my business posting a personal opinion. I remember your edict to stay off your threads, didn't realize there was a rule where members couldn't comment on your threads. And let's no forget damn yankee's pm with his sexual innuendos repulsively directed at me that you found acceptable behavior.

I've always posted professionally and respectfully on this site to share information and educate members about what's happening in fisheries management. If that's against protocol or off limits, just let me know.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Broad Bill

Gerry my post was a general comment, not directed at you personally so nothing to retract. Note your name or "you" isn't written anywhere in my reply.

If you want to discuss personal character attacks, we can certainly go down that road as you've more than once come at me for benign posts I've made and statements of opinion. Icing chub mackerel, mind my own business and it's none of your business. Your comment on yesterday's blackfish thread, the same. None of my business posting a personal opinion. I remember your edict to stay off your threads, didn't realize there was a rule where members couldn't comment on your threads. And let's no forget damn yankee's pm with his sexual innuendos repulsively directed at me that you found acceptable behavior.

I've always posted professionally and respectfully on this site to share information and educate members about what's happening in fisheries management. If that's against protocol or off limits, just let me know.

You just don’t get it ….