I don't know Captnemo, but things are beginning to look very bleak. There are threads on most of the fishing sites now where seasoned Capts are lamenting how it seems the bluefin are not as plentiful. I recently started a thread called
"How important are forage fish?",
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ht=forage+fish
based on an thread created by a guy known as bluewater sportfishing. Many of these things are inter-related.
Lots of guys are just not interested. A small %
are passionately interested because they fish for them a lot, and are seeing what I and others have talked about here. The "holes" in the stock are now becoming more apparent.
Here's something sent in by
Finchaser, courtesy of the Feb 2011 issue of
Saltwater Sportsman:
www.saltwatersportsman.com
" ...At the same ICATT meeting, the United States suggested a 3 to 5 year ban on bluefin fishing in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea over concern that the stock might collapse if currentt overfishing continues.
No action was taken on this, however."
A lot of the flack seems to come from countries like Japan, Korea, and China. It's time to set aside the political azz kissing and apply even pressure to these non-compliant countries to get with the program before these stocks actually do collapse.