Thread: Mass. fishermen snare 881-pound tuna, feds take it

Sorry fucking federal bureaucrats.

How do they fish for tuna? There's no fucking way that all of the tuna that we eat is caught with a rod and reel.

396,000 for a 754lb. tuna??
Holy shit.

Originally Posted by SloppyJ

How do they fish for tuna? There's no fucking way that all of the tuna that we eat is caught with a rod and reel.

You need a business fishing license.

I wonder what happened to the fish. Did the waste it by throwing it out? Or did a bunch of government employees enjoy some free, otherwise very expensive, tuna steaks?

Originally Posted by Patriot1405

396,000 for a 754lb. tuna??
Holy shit.

Oh, hell yes that's the price. It's only going to get worse with the over-fishing that's happening. Of which, Japan is the greatest offender.

Originally Posted by SloppyJ

How do they fish for tuna? There's no fucking way that all of the tuna that we eat is caught with a rod and reel.

Longline fishing with many baited hooks per mile of line is one way.

Originally Posted by Patriot1405

396,000 for a 754lb. tuna??
Holy shit.

Japanese sushi....

Originally Posted by DOMS

Oh, hell yes that's the price. It's only going to get worse with the over-fishing that's happening. Of which, Japan is the greatest offender.

The Japs need to eat too. Amiright?

Originally Posted by Thee_One

The Japs need to eat too. Amiright?

The Japanese have a population that can't be sustained by the ground they live on, so they've made fish a major part of their diet. The problem is that they've overfished the shit out of waters and are no working on international waters. It's also why they still practice whaling.

So yes, they need to eat, but they should have fewer people.

Originally Posted by DOMS

The Japanese have a population that can't be sustained by the ground they live on, so they've made fish a major part of their diet. The problem is that they've overfished the shit out of waters and are no working on international waters. It's also why they still practice whaling.

So yes, they need to eat, but they should have fewer people.

Can't that be said for every country? (China, U.s.a., mexico, africa...)

Originally Posted by SloppyJ

How do they fish for tuna? There's no fucking way that all of the tuna that we eat is caught with a rod and reel.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by Thee_One

Can't that be said for every country? (China, U.s.a., mexico, africa...)

China, Mexico, and Africa; yes.

USA, no.

Granted, there are some foods that the US must import, but we produce enough food to overfeed out nation, give billions of tons to the poor, sell in the billions to other countries, and still let a lot rot in the fields. And we're not even growing at our maximum capacity.

The biggest food related problem in the USA is the 20,000,000 people that shouldn't be here.

Grew up in a commercial fishing family mostly all of my life in Hawaii. I good blue fin tuna, with high fat quality, can get $1,000 a pound easy. And that's just bought in Hawaii auctions, who knows how much they mark it up by the time it hits Japan. Fish auctions are crazy though, lots of fun and lots of fish. It's amazing to think that that much fish are in our seas, and that over fishing is indeed actually happening which sucks.

Originally Posted by DOMS

China, Mexico, and Africa; yes.

USA, no.

Granted, there are some foods that the US must import, but we produce enough food to overfeed out nation, give billions of tons to the poor, sell in the billions to other countries, and still let a lot rot in the fields. And we're not even growing at our maximum capacity.

The biggest food related problem in the USA is the 20,000,000 people that should be here.

IMO the biggest food related problem in the US is the taxpayers have to feed 45 million people out of their own pockets.

Originally Posted by SloppyJ

How do they fish for tuna? There's no fucking way that all of the tuna that we eat is caught with a rod and reel.

Nets mostly. Depends what waters you fish.

Originally Posted by Big Pimpin

Longline fishing with many baited hooks per mile of line is one way.

This too.

Im a professional long liner. I mostly troll for pussy.

Originally Posted by Big Pimpin

IMO the biggest food related problem in the US is the taxpayers have to feed 45 million people out of their own pockets.

Institute solyent green and the problem solves itself.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Institute solyent green and the problem solves itself.

Originally Posted by SloppyJ

How do they fish for tuna? There's no fucking way that all of the tuna that we eat is caught with a rod and reel.

I wish I could find a clip of it. But somewhere up in the high north, little fishing towns leave nets in the water for months at a time during migration of the monster blue fins. The nets are set like a wind about ending up in the middle with no place to go. It's a big time of the year when it's time to harvest. They close the net of at the bottom and all the boats start pulling on the net, slowing bring the bottom up giving these huge fish less and less room to swim. Eventually they are skidding on the net in water less then 2' or less. Then the fishermen start gaffing them with little gafs and roll them into their boats. Sometimes it take 3 or 4 men to get the bigger ones in. Crazy, but that's their culture. Not much is know about the blue fins because they are indeed a mystery, they grow big, and are truely a true monster of the blue.

Ouch!

Just read this article elsewhere

daym Government !

Originally Posted by DOMS

China, Mexico, and Africa; yes.

USA, no.

Granted, there are some foods that the US must import, but we produce enough food to overfeed out nation, give billions of tons to the poor, sell in the billions to other countries, and still let a lot rot in the fields. And we're not even growing at our maximum capacity.

The biggest food related problem in the USA is the 20,000,000 people that shouldn't be here.

Well I can't argue against this.
But Also realize probably 30-40% of the avg fat ass american's diet is processed sugars...Not really food.

Originally Posted by Thee_One

Well I can't argue against this.
But Also realize probably 30-40% of the avg fat ass american's diet is processed sugars...Not really food.

True, but the alternatives are there. Unlike a lot of other countries.

Originally Posted by DOMS

China, Mexico, and Africa; yes.

USA, no.

Granted, there are some foods that the US must import, but we produce enough food to overfeed out nation, give billions of tons to the poor, sell in the billions to other countries, and still let a lot rot in the fields. And we're not even growing at our maximum capacity.

The biggest food related problem in the USA is the 20,000,000 people that shouldn't be here.

How much does the U.S. import?

Originally Posted by Gissurjon

How much does the U.S. import?

The US imports about 7% (15% by volume) of its food. The largest group of which is fish or shellfish. It exports just a bit below that. Having fewer exports vs imports only happened in the last 4 years.

what do the feds do with the tuna?

That's a lot of protein!

He should have gone 200 miles out and then came back and told them he caught it in International waters although there's probably some stipulation that you are still under the states laws that issued your license even in those waters....

Damn I was thinking it was confiscated because it was packed w/ $2M worth of coke. O well.

Originally Posted by sassy69

Damn I was thinking it was confiscated because it was packed w/ $2M worth of coke. O well.

A Columbian semi-sub disguised as a tuna and packed full with smack! I can see that...