Tidal Chaos
Active Member
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has started to collect catch and effort data for the quickly expanding recreational tuna fishery. Collection of data supports science, fisheries management and stock assessment – which ultimately benefits the sustainability of the resource for all sectors. DFO, the Sport Fishing Advisory Board, and recreational tuna harvesters have developed a tuna logbook that is available in electronic or paper format. One logbook entry should be completed by each vessel for every trip where albacore is caught. Basic catch and effort data will be collected, and is not expected to be a burden to busy captains or crew. It should also be noted that reporting catch and effort is also a licence condition for recreational harvesters. To obtain copies, or for more information, please contact Jordan.Mah@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
This was sent to me yesterday from another sport Tuna fisherperson and it raises concern for me regarding this small fishery. Have any of you other addicts been contacted by DFO to take part in this or even discuss? I only see bad from this as it maybe driven by the commercial fleet to try and limit our allowable catch to less than it is now and the only way this can be done is to get our numbers. I think we need to watch the numbers posted to this site as they do on the RED and Black site so we don't give them any extra info to try a drive our take down, our numbers are so insignificant to the commercial take; but as we seem to be the ones always having the restrictions put on us I am not giving them any help.
Post up your reports but don't put a number to your catch as we want to see this fishery grow and not be filled with all the restrictions being put on every other fishing opportunity we have.
I know this is probably a generic statement from fisheries sent out to the commercial, lodge and rec fishers but as there has been no discussions with any of us sporties this has been put forward by big business I would presume. We are taking a small amount of a migratory fish that comes into our waters and feed on bait; I am sure including salmon smolts and we are reducing but a small amount of them; which should be considered a good thing; but what do I know; I am just a sport fisherman feeding my family with my catch!
This was sent to me yesterday from another sport Tuna fisherperson and it raises concern for me regarding this small fishery. Have any of you other addicts been contacted by DFO to take part in this or even discuss? I only see bad from this as it maybe driven by the commercial fleet to try and limit our allowable catch to less than it is now and the only way this can be done is to get our numbers. I think we need to watch the numbers posted to this site as they do on the RED and Black site so we don't give them any extra info to try a drive our take down, our numbers are so insignificant to the commercial take; but as we seem to be the ones always having the restrictions put on us I am not giving them any help.
Post up your reports but don't put a number to your catch as we want to see this fishery grow and not be filled with all the restrictions being put on every other fishing opportunity we have.
I know this is probably a generic statement from fisheries sent out to the commercial, lodge and rec fishers but as there has been no discussions with any of us sporties this has been put forward by big business I would presume. We are taking a small amount of a migratory fish that comes into our waters and feed on bait; I am sure including salmon smolts and we are reducing but a small amount of them; which should be considered a good thing; but what do I know; I am just a sport fisherman feeding my family with my catch!