Catch & Release Discussion - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

blackcloud9 · 02-07-2010, 01:25 PM

(One correction to my last post - approx 250,000 lbs of WSB is the total commercial take of
seabass annually with approx 50,000 of that taken using gillnets)

May I suggest that you read the following WSB Report Card, end to end.
There are many mind boggling statistics in the charts, and, I promise that
you will learn a lot about the fish itself.

Page 6 shows in 1959, 3.5 million pounds of WSB was taken commercially
in California!!! Thats like 140,000 25 pound fish!!

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/c...bassReport.pdf

The boat I mentioned was a regular ol' commercial boat, one of 140 that
target white seabass in CA, not a CPFV (sportboat). A sportboat is not
licensed to catch commercially that's "sport take" not "commercial take",
and in CA, cannot be sold commercially. In other states besides CA,
things are different.

For many different reasons, the commercial guys are extremely silent
about what they catch. They catch it, and it goes to market, and they
make money. The less people that know how or when they caught fish,
the better for them. Go to the fish market, look at the fish - ever wonder
where those big WSB, and halibut come from?

BTW, Recreational catches are staggering too. Take a look at the table in
on the bottom of this page where it says "Annual Landing Totals" in black ...
http://www.sportfishingreport.com/pa...?landing_id=20

From their own counts, in 2009, this landing alone sacked:
-- 41,000 calico bass
-- 37,000 rockfish
and
-- 12,000 yellowtail.

One landing.

I'm not out to pick on commercials, sporties or anyone, just thought I may
help you understand where many others on this board are coming from, as
I thought I saw the "disconnect". Your comments welcome.

02-07-2010, 01:25 PM	#22
blackcloud9 Kayaker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Big Rock, WindanSea, La Jolla Posts: 413	(One correction to my last post - approx 250,000 lbs of WSB is the total commercial take* of* seabass annually with approx 50,000 of that taken using gillnets) May I suggest that you read the following WSB Report Card, end to end. There are many mind boggling statistics in the charts, and, I promise that you will learn a lot about the fish itself. Page 6 shows in 1959, 3.5 million pounds of WSB was taken commercially in California!!! Thats like 140,000 25 pound fish!! http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/c...bassReport.pdf The boat I mentioned was a regular ol' commercial boat, one of 140 that target white seabass in CA, not a CPFV (sportboat). A sportboat is not licensed to catch commercially that's "sport take" not "commercial take", and in CA, cannot be sold commercially. In other states besides CA, things are different. For many different reasons, the commercial guys are extremely silent about what they catch. They catch it, and it goes to market, and they make money. The less people that know how or when they caught fish, the better for them. Go to the fish market, look at the fish - ever wonder where those big WSB, and halibut come from? BTW, Recreational catches are staggering too. Take a look at the table in on the bottom of this page where it says "Annual Landing Totals" in black ... http://www.sportfishingreport.com/pa...?landing_id=20 From their own counts, in 2009, this landing alone sacked: -- 41,000 calico bass -- 37,000 rockfish and -- 12,000 yellowtail. One landing. I'm not out to pick on commercials, sporties or anyone, just thought I may help you understand where many others on this board are coming from, as I thought I saw the "disconnect". Your comments welcome.