Who Doesn't Hate Jewfish?

[WheelsUSN]

That photo was from a freak accident at a power plant. A number of goliaths were in the cooling canals of an oceanfront nuke plant. It is possible they could have been sucked in through the cooling pipes out in the ocean, but I am not sure there is any actual knowledge about that.

The canal is separated from the Indian River by a spillway that is controlled by the plant and used to release water from the canal not add it. The only other place the goliaths could have come from is the intake pipes. Is there a theory that they walked across the beach to get to the canal or how else would you say it is possible that they got into the canal?

 

[dumpsterDiver]

IF there was ever a harvest approved, I am very sure that they would not open the fishery during the spawning aggregation period which is very well documented.

 

[guyharrisonphoto]

I had not seen that overhead map before. I had been in the area of the plant by boat on the Indian River side and saw that there seemed to be access, but it seems that might be blocked.

So, it's likely seems that the Goliaths came in through the intake pipes (I never said they didn't and even you don't profess to know for sure), and it certainly was not worth a mocking tone, although the clarification by posting the map was interesting to better understand what happened.

Does not change the highly unusual accidental nature of the event, though, as the image shows, or the point of my post that the photo did not show an intentional killing of the fish.

 

[dumpsterDiver]

I think most people think the fish should have been excluded from the intake pipes, The intakes attract the fish and I assume when the pump fires up they move into the cooling pond. I would have also hoped that they would have tried to remove them once they got in there. Don't think that happened.

 

[HalcyonDaze]

IF there was ever a harvest approved, I am very sure that they would not open the fishery during the spawning aggregation period which is very well documented.

Harvesting during a spawning aggregation is a surefire way to crash a population. Not only do you have a lot of fish in one spot, but they're hungry and will hit almost anything you throw at them. When I lived out in Southern California I did research on both calico bass and barred sand bass, which have a 5-per-person-per-day bag limit but no closure for spawning season. I recall the bag limit used to be 10; looks like it was cut in half just recently. Of course, during the sand bass spawning aggregation on the Huntington Flats or the calico bass aggregations at Catalina you'll see upwards of 20 Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessels (CPFVs, or "party boats") with 20-30 recreational anglers aboard at one spot. It wasn't unheard of 4-5 years ago for a party boat to land 200 bass in a day. There's still some debate going on between the academics and the Cal Fish & Game guys as to how badly hit those species are, but they get hammered during spawning season and the catch numbers for sand bass have gone down hard over the past decade. I'm not entirely opposed to a limited take of goliaths, but it's one of those moves you think long and hard about. It's not something you make just on account of fishermen being PO'd about losing their catch, and the talk of them depressing fish and lobster populations has been shown to be bunk.

 

[Chugwhump]

"Only Yankees and anti-Semites refer to them in such a fashion as to honor our hated tribal enemy.... Goliath".
~Dr. Ron.

Chug
Likes to tweak, not twerk.

 

[HalcyonDaze]

"Only Yankees and anti-Semites refer to them in such a fashion as to honor our hated tribal enemy.... Goliath".
~Dr. Ron.

Chug
Likes to tweak, not twerk.

The old name does make for a convenient hand signal. *places hand on crown of head like a yarmulke*

 

[Chugwhump]

The old name does make for a convenient hand signal. *places hand on crown of head like a yarmulke*

Rabbi Bob and Dr. Ron use this very signal.
LOL.
And I thought it was just my group.
Funny.

Chug
Ultra Reformed Jew by birth and then baptism.

 

[Superlyte27]

So, it's likely seems that the Goliaths came in through the intake pipes

Simply not possible.
Ever seen the 25 year old tv commercial about the scuba guy who was wearing a timex watch. He got sucked up by a nuke plant intake pump and spit into a reservoir. He came to the surface proudly showing his Timex watch and said, "takes a licken, keeps on ticken". This was an actual event that occurred, the diver in question wasn't actually wearing timex, but he really did get sucked up by the pump. Guess what plant it happened at? Yup, you guessed it. The Port St. Lucie Power Plant. FYI the fine for this incident was quite steep, but not as high as the lawsuit. Since then, that intake pipe has been carefully monitored to make sure there are no breaks in the grate protecting divers from entering. If a diver can't fit through, neither can a large jew fish.

 

[dumpsterDiver]

Simply not possible.
Ever seen the 25 year old tv commercial about the scuba guy who was wearing a timex watch. He got sucked up by a nuke plant intake pump and spit into a reservoir. He came to the surface proudly showing his Timex watch and said, "takes a licken, keeps on ticken". This was an actual event that occurred, the diver in question wasn't actually wearing timex, but he really did get sucked up by the pump. Guess what plant it happened at? Yup, you guessed it. The Port St. Lucie Power Plant. FYI the fine for this incident was quite steep, but not as high as the lawsuit. Since then, that intake pipe has been carefully monitored to make sure there are no breaks in the grate protecting divers from entering. If a diver can't fit through, neither can a large jew fish.

Absolutely NOT true. I was diving there maybe 2 years ago. They were sucking water in hard. There was no grates. It was exceedingly dangerous. It sucked in one spearfisherman's floatline and we had to cut it.