Porbeagle Tournament?

[VCinRI]

I thought I read some where that a Porbeagle Shark tournament was going to be held out of Boston some time this month.

Has anyone heard anything about it?

VC

[hotshot1]

aren't they on the no kill list?

[MarkP]

A fako tournament? There aren't half as many guys who've caught them as have claimed to have caught them. That would be a mess...

MarkP

[VCinRI]

The last I heard NMFS had them down as a species of concern but as of a month or so ago I believe they were still fishable.

I did some inquiring on them to a few local party boat Captain's and NMFS. No sightings or recent reports here in RI waters. Too bad, it would be nice to get a jump on the shark season rather than waiting till July.

Frank Mundus reported catching them regularly every May off Block Island but that was a long time ago. Much has changed since then.

VC

[jwalker]

As of now it looks like Porbeagles are going to be allowed to be caught recreationally on 2008.
Porbeagle Tournaments?
Tough call, few years back BBG ran a Beagle and ground fish tournament out of Scituate, it was a good time and the groundfish category was OK but they went a few years without even one Beagle being caught so it fizzled out. Their will not be enough caught to have a decent tournament these days.

[codfishshark]

i know where there may just be a few