Shark finning petition!!

[vshearer]

Thank you for the article. It is EXACTLY this type of thing that people need to read and understand.

Also, arrogant/ignorant sport fisherman who think they have nothing to do with this problem are just out of touch. They are still contributing to the death of the species. If it's endangered...DON'T FISH IT!

I would say that these folks are worse than the finers because they are just catching sharks to prove something to themselves or compensate for some other short coming.

Actually I don't think they are the problem. Most of them do appreciate the problem now. I have seen the factory boats. I have seen the camps on outlying islands in the Bahamas. Is it mostly Asian? Yes. Perhaps Russian as well. These guys do in one day what all the sporties do in a year. They just stay out of sight a couple of hundred miles out.

 

[WannaLaguna]

Actually I don't think they are the problem. Most of them do appreciate the problem now.

I should clarify that yes, there are fishermen that do respect the species and the environment. But the ones that go out and specifically target sharks and other endangered species should be ashamed.

 

[vshearer]

On a tangent. Something I learned in the early 80's while living in Jamiaca. You can cook a Tuna in lime juice just by putting it in the sun. Can do the same with Conch though it takes a bit more time. In Jamaica at that time a lot of the local fishermen had gotten nice little Yamaha outboards to put on their boats courtesy of some kind of economic push to help. They had always fished via hand lines on the shallow reefs and continued to do so. What was so sad is that they have some of the best fishing if they only go a few miles further out over the ledge. Really good fishing of Tuna and other big fish. There were a few that understood this, but most continued to handline little snappers and grunts off the reef, and that tended to just decimate the life thereon.

My buddy would take his Tri out and pull in a 15 to 40 lb. Tuna every other day.

I also saw the Asian ships there offshore taking in this rich harvest.

No real point to this, other than I hope they have learned in the meantime.

 

[WannaLaguna]

On a tangent. Something I learned in the early 80's while living in Jamiaca. You can cook a Tuna in lime juice just by putting it in the sun. Can do the same with Conch though it takes a bit more time. In Jamaica at that time a lot of the local fishermen had gotten nice little Yamaha outboards to put on their boats courtesy of some kind of economic push to help. They had always fished via hand lines on the shallow reefs and continued to do so. What was so sad is that they have some of the best fishing if they only go a few miles further out over the ledge. Really good fishing of Tuna and other big fish. There were a few that understood this, but most continued to handline little snappers and grunts off the reef, and that tended to just decimate the life thereon.

My buddy would take his Tri out and pull in a 15 to 40 lb. Tuna every other day.

I also saw the Asian ships there offshore taking in this rich harvest.

No real point to this, other than I hope they have learned in the meantime.

I know thatI lived very close by. I lived and taught on Grand Cayman. The local fishermen were very respectful of of the sea around the island. I met many of the gents downtown selling there red snapper. The tourists would come to the island and book a charter and go out for tarpon.

I miss that little rock! :depressed:

 

[WannaLaguna]

On a tangent. Something I learned in the early 80's while living in Jamiaca. You can cook a Tuna in lime juice just by putting it in the sun. Can do the same with Conch though it takes a bit more time. In Jamaica at that time a lot of the local fishermen had gotten nice little Yamaha outboards to put on their boats courtesy of some kind of economic push to help. They had always fished via hand lines on the shallow reefs and continued to do so. What was so sad is that they have some of the best fishing if they only go a few miles further out over the ledge. Really good fishing of Tuna and other big fish. There were a few that understood this, but most continued to handline little snappers and grunts off the reef, and that tended to just decimate the life thereon.

My buddy would take his Tri out and pull in a 15 to 40 lb. Tuna every other day.

I also saw the Asian ships there offshore taking in this rich harvest.

No real point to this, other than I hope they have learned in the meantime.

I know that ledge well! I lived very close by. I lived and taught on Grand Cayman. The local fishermen were very respectful of of the sea around the island. I met many of the gents downtown selling there red snapper. The tourists would come to the island and book a charter and go out for tarpon.

I miss that little rock! :depressed: