200 Years old.

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Originally Posted by Ddwineguy

Those that called bs on this board were right.

Thanks!!!

My friend Robin posted the story about this catch of "The 200 year old fish" on my facebook page.

Here's what I said at the time:

"......Rockfish or West Coast Red Snapper type fishes are extremely long lived, but not that long lived. Life expediency is estimated as a maximum of possibly a 100 years. In 2007 a fishermen caught one that weighed 62 pounds and was measured at 112 centimeters. It was a third larger then the fish above and it was estimated to be around a hundred years old. If I had to guess I'd say that fish was between sixty to seventy years old...."

Well I was right and they were wrong.

I'm all for Environmental protection, and proper management, but I really hate it when people intentionally use misinformation to manipulate the public.

We don't even have those particular rockfish here and I knew how old it was. It's their job to manage those fish. They are saying it was just an honest mistake, but if I knew how old it was the Alaska management personal who put out the false information should of as well.