+ Reply to Thread
Page 3 of 6 FirstFirst 1 2 3 4 5 6 LastLast
Results 21 to 30 of 58

Thread: Disturbing Video

  1. #21
    Crab mustard is good Fortunate One's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    816
    Boat
    "The most expensive Cabo ever built"
    Home Port
    Rhode Island
    Would a dragger have done that?

    I've only seen stripers migrating towards the surface. Awsome site in and of itself.

    Are the midwater trawlers around the area?

    If so aren't they supose to have a person from the NMFS on board?

    What a shame.

  2. #22
    Got fish
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Boston
    Posts
    195
    my guess would be pair trawlers, i believe they are now allowed in that area.

  3. #23
    Crab mustard is good Animal 1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    Warwick,RI
    Posts
    759
    Boat
    25 Bertram
    Best Catch
    The next one
    If you were going to show the video to someone,I'd suggest congress.Otherwise you're just showing a video of a perfectly legal(albeit terribly ugly)fishing practice.
    The video could be used to change the laws.Right now those fish MUST be thrown back,dead or alive,and will never be counted towards a quota.They aren't counted at all,as they are deemed "worthless bycatch"to those who did it.
    Now,do the math.How many sets does a dragger or a set of pair trawlers run every day?Multiply that by the number of them out working,and that is an obscenely high amount of Stripers(a protected,regulated species)being killed and wasted for no good reason.
    With the hard work done by so many to bring stripers back from the brink of extinction,the amount of starving people in the world,the plight of stripers to remain a healthy breeding stock,and the fact that commercial fishermen are (some of them)struggling to stay afloat,it seems like you really should show the video to someone.
    I am absolutely NOT advocating a dragging or pair trawling fishery for bass.It's just such a terrible waste to throw them back,dead.I don't know the answers.

  4. #24
    Weaky wacker
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Location
    A sand pile 30 miles at sea
    Posts
    28
    Boat
    Miss Conduct 24' Privateer
    Home Port
    Hither Creek
    Best Catch
    550 lb BFT
    Occupation
    Certified Wetlands Delineator, Captain for Hire
    Stripers roam the entire water column. I have pulled up 30 lb bass on 16 oz jigs while cod fishing, blues as well in up to 300' of water.

  5. #25
    Crab mustard is good twofinbluna's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Portland, ME
    Posts
    928
    Home Port
    Perkins Cove, ME
    Occupation
    Harpooner
    Quote Originally Posted by AlloyToy View Post
    WTF!!!! Who's responsible for that bullSh1t?????
    From what I have been told, it was herring midwater trawlers...

  6. #26
    Chum Nuts shoefish's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Portsmouth NH
    Posts
    5,469
    Quote Originally Posted by twofinbluna View Post
    From what I have been told, it was herring midwater trawlers...
    twofin- do you have an email address for someone who might be interested in this video? I have heard about the work that you have done in protecting the fisheries and this might be interesting to pass on...

  7. #27
    I think Admin is going to let me have this space chumtini's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Chatham/Falmouth
    Posts
    2,448
    So, with all your suggestions, I forwarded the video and story to WBZ last week. I don't know what else to do with it. Doubt they'll do anything. But, at least, I tried. Like I said, there's nothing here that's illegal. In fact, it's required by law. But, that doesn't make it right.
    Last edited by chumtini; 10-17-2008 at 01:01 PM.

  8. #28
    Crab mustard is good twofinbluna's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Portland, ME
    Posts
    928
    Home Port
    Perkins Cove, ME
    Occupation
    Harpooner
    Quote Originally Posted by shoefish View Post
    twofin- do you have an email address for someone who might be interested in this video? I have heard about the work that you have done in protecting the fisheries and this might be interesting to pass on...
    Yes, Paul Diodati and David Pierce, the two top guys for MA DMF. They like to protect the midwater boats and pretend like this kind of stuff does not happen, so they need to see this when it happens. There emails are:

    - David.Pierce@state.ma.us
    - Paul.Diodati@state.ma.us

    You should also send it to Pat Kurkul at NMFS, whose email is:

    - pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

    (If you wanted to really get ambitious, send it to the whole New England Fishery Management Council, whose emails can be found at the Council site.)

  9. #29
    I think Admin is going to let me have this space chumtini's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Chatham/Falmouth
    Posts
    2,448
    Email sent. Hope I don't get killed out there. I can see the headlines now: Boston Man Killed in Collision with Unknown Fishing Vessel

    Gentlemen,

    It was suggested that I forward a video taken last weekend E of the shipping lanes off Chatham. I presume it's the result of bycatch after spotting a comm boat a short distance away. Nothing I saw was illegal. Nor is splitting the nets before the haul hits the deck to avoid reporting of bycatch. In fact, it's required by law. However, that doesn't make it right.

    What we witnessed were 100s, maybe 1000s of large striped bass floating on the surface. Some dead, some not. None would surely survive. What a waste!!!

    Here is a link to one of the videos. You can have all of the originals. A copy was also forwarded to WBZ news. I don't know what else to do with them.

    http://www.chumtini.com/media/Videos/DeadBass-1.wmv

    Sincerely,

    Mr. Chumtini

  10. #30
    Chum Nuts shoefish's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Portsmouth NH
    Posts
    5,469
    Great direction twofin and awesome follow through Chum! Like you said, it isn't necessarily illegal, but it definitely isn't right. Hopefully someone will take notice of this.

+ Reply to Thread
Page 3 of 6 FirstFirst 1 2 3 4 5 6 LastLast
Buy GoPro HERO Camera at GoPro.com



Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.5.2