US will support Bluefin Trade Ban

[tightlinesdave]

I have received a copy of an email from Sen Snowe, R-Maine, in which she confirms that the US Fish and Wildlife Dept will support a CITES listing of Bluefin tuna.

What this means is if the measure is passed by 2/3 of the 175member nations then it will no longer be legal to sell Bluefin internationally. In other words, no US exports of Bluefin to Japan. This effectively kills the market for US fishermen.

The shocking part of this charade is that Japan will not abide by the CITES ruling and will continue to buy Bluefin from whoever wants to sell it.

This action by US F& W is just another example of how the US Government has chosen to punish US fishermen who have been fishing under tight quotas and regulations for years.

I don't know if this CITES proposal will pass at the upcoming meeting later this month in Qatar. I do know that this action by US F&W will carry a great deal of weight at the CITES meeting.

Just another example of the US Government and the militant enviros gone wild.

[WAHOONBOX]

IT IS GREAT TO HEAR YOUR SPEAK OUT HERE DAVE!!!

FOR THE GUYS THAT DO NOT ALREADY KNOW....THIS IS CAPT DAVE HERE THAT OUR BUDDY BAYWOLF RICK FISHED SEVERAL WEEKS WITH UP NORTH THIS PAST SUMMER....

THANKS FOR THE UPDATE TIGHTLINESDAVE!

THE CITES MEETING IS IN QATAR.....QATAR?

AMAZING.....WHERE THE HELL IS QATAR? OH I SEE....IT IS CONNECTED TO SAUDI ARABIA....ANOTHER OIL COUNTRY ....THAT FIGURES....AND QATAR IS AN INTERNATIONAL PLAYGROUND FOR THE WEALTHY SO THE CITES PEOPLE CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME WHILE THERE........IS THE MEETING IN UMM BAB? AL KHAW? AR RAYYAN/ OR MAYBE IT'S AR KHUWAYR.....SHIT, WHY NOT HOLD THE BIG MEETING IN YEMEN?


AND JAPAN.....GOOD OL JAPAN.....THE INVENTOR OF THE KAMAKAZEE PILOT....THE CHAMPION OF HAIRY KARI STOMACH ART FORM....ISN'T THIS THE SAME COUNTRY THAT BOMBED PEARL HARBOR AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN '41? ISN'T THAT THE SAME COUNTRY THAT CURRENTLY ADVERTISES HEAVILY ON U.S. TELEVISION THAT THEIR TOYOTA AUTOMOBILES ARE EXTREMELY SAFE EVEN AFTER THE SO-CALLED RECALL REPAIRS ARE NOT WORKING?


I HAVE 4 130 WIDES FOR SALE REEL CHEAP....COMPLETE WITH POON AND DARTS....LIFE RAFT, 4 SURVIVAL SUITS...NC COMMERCIAL LICENSE....


NO WAIT! .....MAYBE WE WILL NOT HAVE TO SELL OUR GEAR.....I EXPECT THE GOOD OL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WILL NOW BAIL OUT OUR COMM FISHING INDUSTRY HERE AND BUY UP ALL OUR GEAR AT FAIR COSTS PLUS RENDER TO EACH MAN A MINIMUM 2 MILLION DOLLAR BUYOUT TO EVERY MAN INVOLVED IN U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHING

BAILOUT CHECKS SHOULD BE GOING OUT AS FAST AS THEY WENT OUT TO AIG AND THE OTHER BANKS...

[bigfishhooker]

IT IS GREAT TO HEAR YOUR SPEAK OUT HERE DAVE!!!

FOR THE GUYS THAT DO NOT ALREADY KNOW....THIS IS CAPT DAVE HERE THAT OUR BUDDY BAYWOLF RICK FISHED SEVERAL WEEKS WITH UP NORTH THIS PAST SUMMER....

THANKS FOR THE UPDATE TIGHTLINESDAVE!

THE CITES MEETING IS IN QATAR.....QATAR?

AMAZING.....WHERE THE HELL IS QATAR? OH I SEE....IT IS CONNECTED TO SAUDI ARABIA....ANOTHER OIL COUNTRY ....THAT FIGURES....AND QATAR IS AN INTERNATIONAL PLAYGROUND FOR THE WEALTHY SO THE CITES PEOPLE CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME WHILE THERE........IS THE MEETING IN UMM BAB? AL KHAW? AR RAYYAN/ OR MAYBE IT'S AR KHUWAYR.....SHIT, WHY NOT HOLD THE BIG MEETING IN YEMEN?


AND JAPAN.....GOOD OL JAPAN.....THE INVENTOR OF THE KAMAKAZEE PILOT....THE CHAMPION OF HAIRY KARI STOMACH ART FORM....ISN'T THIS THE SAME COUNTRY THAT BOMBED PEARL HARBOR AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN '41? ISN'T THAT THE SAME COUNTRY THAT CURRENTLY ADVERTISES HEAVILY ON U.S. TELEVISION THAT THEIR TOYOTA AUTOMOBILES ARE EXTREMELY SAFE EVEN AFTER THE SO-CALLED RECALL REPAIRS ARE NOT WORKING?


I HAVE 4 130 WIDES FOR SALE REEL CHEAP....COMPLETE WITH POON AND DARTS....LIFE RAFT, 4 SURVIVAL SUITS...NC COMMERCIAL LICENSE....


NO WAIT! .....MAYBE WE WILL NOT HAVE TO SELL OUR GEAR.....I EXPECT THE GOOD OL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WILL NOW BAIL OUT OUR COMM FISHING INDUSTRY HERE AND BUY UP ALL OUR GEAR AT FAIR COSTS PLUS RENDER TO EACH MAN A MINIMUM 2 MILLION DOLLAR BUYOUT TO EVERY MAN INVOLVED IN U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHING

BAILOUT CHECKS SHOULD BE GOING OUT AS FAST AS THEY WENT OUT TO AIG AND THE OTHER BANKS...

Now that there is funny I don't care who you are.

[gmoney]

they should hold the meeting at a marina down the cape in the middle of october......I bet theres no way in hell people would have the balls to push this through then.

[frankypettolina]

Will this allow for a domestic market?

[whitey]

Will this allow for a domestic market?

I was thinking the same thing.Everything I saw mentions exporting fish but nothing about domestic sales

[tomytuna]

Cites I goes through, Environmental police will arrest you for touching a bluefin!!!Period!

[tightlinesdave]

It is unlikely that there would be any sales allowed. If US sales are allowed it would be a joke. There is a very small US market that can handle a few fish. BTY if you go to the CITES website you see the list of the member countries also who is supplying most of the money for the group. That's right, good ol deep pockets USA. Also as a foot note, enviros tried to get spiny dogfish a CITES listing. I offer this last item to let you know what sort of mindset is behind this.

[Block and Tackle]

In the press release from yesterday they do say that domestic sales would be allowed. I think we all find that very hard to believe. By allowing domestic sales they would be admitting that they are ok with punishing the US fisherman, who have had the toughest guidelines, just to try and stop what is going on in the med. Nice of them to look out for us like that.

[whitey]

If no bluefins are allowed to be imported into the U.S. wouldn't that drive the price of the few fish that are caught domestically and sold here substantially higher? Supply and demand.