The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums : bluefin tuna https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:59:14 +0000 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:38:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=15488 <![CDATA[The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[bluefin tuna : Wooly wrote:The general...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=457991&title=bluefin-tuna#457991 Author: SeaCamel
Subject: 15488
Posted: 13 Sep 2008 at 10:38pm

Originally posted by Wooly Wooly wrote:

The general consensus is that a 300kg fish is about 4 years old.


no way! don't they need 12 years just to reach sexual maturity?
]]> Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:38:18 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=457991&title=bluefin-tuna#457991 <![CDATA[bluefin tuna : &#039;TEAM&#039; Rambo were in...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=457892&title=bluefin-tuna#457892 Author: long john
Subject: 15488
Posted: 13 Sep 2008 at 5:29pm

'TEAM' Rambo were in Greymouth for the last couple of days. It sounds like only a couple of trawlers left and they were due to lift their bags in darkness so no joy for them. The woman's world record might have to wait for next year. ]]> Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:29:54 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=457892&title=bluefin-tuna#457892 <![CDATA[bluefin tuna : I was just in Westport with a...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=450989&title=bluefin-tuna#450989 Author: Wooly
Subject: 15488
Posted: 28 Aug 2008 at 11:49am

I was just in Westport with a boat load of Aussies.
2 pacific bluefin landed , around 240 kgs. Both were are now on there way to Nelson for smoking and vacuum packing.
Spoke with a bloke in the pub who was sat tagging. The general consensus is that a 300kg fish is about 4 years old.
Had great vis and relatively warm water]]> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:49:16 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=450989&title=bluefin-tuna#450989 <![CDATA[bluefin tuna : Two boatloads of aussies in Westport...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=448417&title=bluefin-tuna#448417 Author: long john
Subject: 15488
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 at 6:05am

Two boatloads of aussies in Westport according to my ranga spy.
Anyone know if any fish have been shot so far? ]]> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:05:20 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=448417&title=bluefin-tuna#448417 <![CDATA[bluefin tuna : If you love sushi and sashimi...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447492&title=bluefin-tuna#447492 Author: Snoop
Subject: 15488
Posted: 20 Aug 2008 at 7:29pm

If you love sushi and sashimi butt out of the conversation like I must.  We are the worst supporters of Tuna overfishing... us sushi lovers.]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:29:02 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447492&title=bluefin-tuna#447492 <![CDATA[bluefin tuna : A tag and release-only fishery...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447234&title=bluefin-tuna#447234 Author: TheSnapperWhisperer
Subject: 15488
Posted: 20 Aug 2008 at 10:02am

A tag and release-only fishery would be pretty good - fisho's catch fish, have an excuse not to have to take the fish home, and tagging results would provide info on the size of the fishery over time. If the scientists then decided that we were dealing with a large population, then it simply becomes a quota allocation issue. If the population is too small to sustain harvesting it should be left as release only.   The problem is people like to take the pragmatic Current Annual Yield (CAY) approach - that the status quo might not do any harm so let's not change it until we've proven that we have HAD a noticeable impact.  Sadly, I think Kezza is right - it'll be decided for us when someone finds where they are getting across the ocean somewhere else and the industrial fleet will catch them way out in the Pacific in international waters. 

]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:02:58 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447234&title=bluefin-tuna#447234 <![CDATA[bluefin tuna : I don&#039;t think that the rationale...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447174&title=bluefin-tuna#447174 Author: Kezza
Subject: 15488
Posted: 20 Aug 2008 at 7:01am

I don't think that the rationale for axing one is in the first instance to get a feed...like LJ says there are plenty of cheaper kai moana available around the coast...to me at least it appears to be more about club trophies and the glory fishing first and the feed is just a tasty by product.

What this means for the future of the fishery I don't really know, but I'd certainly like to see a well balanced approach to the interaction we (royal 'we' here) have with those amazing animals.....after the trip I had down there with Long John a few seasons back I was all amped up to wind one in......I'm not so sure anymore.

I think the greater and mutual enemy here is not whether recreational extraction = XYZ but what commercial threats are pending and how to curb that at the same time managing the biomass(??????) in a sensible manner from the early stages.

]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:01:08 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447174&title=bluefin-tuna#447174 <![CDATA[bluefin tuna : Yeah O.K Josh, I think we&#039;re...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447165&title=bluefin-tuna#447165 Author: long john
Subject: 15488
Posted: 20 Aug 2008 at 6:14am

Yeah O.K Josh, I think we're all agreed that the less fish that get taken, the better. You work on encouraging the linefishers to release and we'll do what the majority of us have been doing the last three years and that's realising that as we have no release option, we'll not bother doing it at all. Hopefully the fish will still be around in twenty years.
Any idea why the boffins were so dismissive of the idea of a release only fishery? Let's face it, they do taste like shyte and I've been told there are 'puka and bluenose available out there so the punters could take home some fresh fish? Good old fashioned kiwi meat hunting mentality?]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:14:17 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447165&title=bluefin-tuna#447165 <![CDATA[bluefin tuna : The largest recorded specimen...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447141&title=bluefin-tuna#447141 Author: water baby
Subject: 15488
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 at 10:27pm

The largest recorded specimen was caught off Nova Scotia and recorded at 680 kg (1,496 lb). The species can reach a maximum length of about 4.3 m (14 ft). BIG FISH . Northern bluefin tuna can live for 30 years.LONG TIME

From Wikipedia,

]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:27:23 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447141&title=bluefin-tuna#447141 <![CDATA[bluefin tuna : thank for the info tsw ]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447124&title=bluefin-tuna#447124 Author: water baby
Subject: 15488
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 at 9:46pm

thank for the info tsw]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:46:39 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15488&PID=447124&title=bluefin-tuna#447124