Rob Posted August 20, 2015 Report Posted August 20, 2015 http://www.worldseafishing.com/forums/threads/massive-shoal-of-bluefin-tuna-off-cornwall.4242269/ Interesting, though I believe it is illegal to target them and to land even as by-catch. Boo!!! Quote
Rob Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Posted August 20, 2015 Original post: https://www.facebook.com/marinediscovery/posts/947510908625710 Quote
Sam Posted August 20, 2015 Report Posted August 20, 2015 would be good fun, Que dad with the yellow fin pictures Quote
Rob Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Posted August 20, 2015 Oh, God, I forgot I might set him off again, sorry! niggle and Sam 2 Quote
great white Posted August 20, 2015 Report Posted August 20, 2015 Too late LOL where are those poppers? Quote
Mike Fox Posted August 20, 2015 Report Posted August 20, 2015 Perhaps our Conservation Officer can help here. Can a recreational sea angler keep tuna, and if not, which species are banned? Oh, and is there an easy way of telling them apart! I might start trolling plugs at 6 knots!!! Thanks, Mike Quote
Rob Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Posted August 20, 2015 Mike, have a read of the Marine Discovery Cornwall page in the link above. There is a suggestion that Tuna has a quota in Europe, but the UK doesn't take any of it, so to land one you would need to gain some of that quota, including recreationals. Even though it cant be sold. I assume a Bonito if landed whilst feathering would be ok as they are Mackerel family not Tuna. Quote
Mike Fox Posted August 20, 2015 Report Posted August 20, 2015 The reason I asked was that Marine Discovery Cornwall did not seem specific, When bass had no quota, the stocks were not regulated in British waters, and hence hammered .If the UK has no quota for bluefin, then perhaps there is no legally enforced limit. The commercial quotas also referred to commercial fisherman, and it's not clear when this does or does not apply to Recreational Anglers in the Southern IFCA. I'd love to try eating a steak from 20lb bigeye tuna (or other legal species) but if I could catch and identify an endangered bluefin, I'd personally try to return it. Mike Quote
charlieannear Posted August 20, 2015 Report Posted August 20, 2015 I don't know the answer... But I'll find out! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
Coddy Posted August 23, 2015 Report Posted August 23, 2015 Perhaps Nigel will have a try to gain his 50th species on his boat, just needs it to be back in the water! Better still if one was caught on a fly, that would be some fight! Leicester Fisheagle and niggle 2 Quote
great white Posted August 24, 2015 Report Posted August 24, 2015 Some fight whatever you get them on Quote
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