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New Bedford fisherman catch -- but can’t keep -- 882-pound tuna
Boston Globe ^ | 11/21/2011 | Amanda Cedrone

Posted on 11/21/2011 4:39:29 PM PST by GQuagmire

For one New Bedford fisherman, the big one that got away was the one that was taken away -- by federal fisheries agents.

Carlos Rafael, owner of Carlos Seafood, has 15 boats that hunt for groundfish like haddock and flounder, but they have tuna permits just in case. So when one of his captains called to report that his crew had caught an 882-pound tuna in their trawling gear about a week ago, Rafael thought he would legally be able to sell the fish.

“I called the hotline for tuna to make sure I was doing everything by the books,” he said. “I was not trying to hide anything.”

But when the fishing boat docked in Provincetown, the fish was confiscated by federal agents. Rafael said he didn’t know that tuna must be caught by rod and reel – not by a net – in order to be kept and sold.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: fishing; noaa
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1 posted on 11/21/2011 4:39:36 PM PST by GQuagmire
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To: GQuagmire

You don’t keep ‘em, you cook ‘em!


2 posted on 11/21/2011 4:40:39 PM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: GQuagmire

I have a feeling some fisheries agents are going to have some really good sushi.


3 posted on 11/21/2011 4:42:21 PM PST by mnehring
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To: GQuagmire
Should have jammed a hook in his mouth...Not too bright...

The message..."Sorry, Charlie".

4 posted on 11/21/2011 4:42:34 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: dynachrome

If you don’t keep your mouth shut, you don’t keep ‘em!


5 posted on 11/21/2011 4:43:14 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: GQuagmire

Government...Unexpected????


6 posted on 11/21/2011 4:43:39 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: GQuagmire

"Hey! Remember how you had a hankerin' for tuna steaks? Just got off the phone - some schlub thought he could keep his catch!"


7 posted on 11/21/2011 4:43:51 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: GQuagmire

Government steals fisherman’s catch of a lifetime, sells it to pay federal debt; proceeds fund government for 40 milliseconds


8 posted on 11/21/2011 4:45:51 PM PST by dufekin (Name our lead enemy: Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Islamofascist terrorist dictator)
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To: mnehring
I have a feeling some fisheries agents are going to have some really good sushi.

I don't know if it'll be really good or not...but there'll be a hell of a lot of it.

9 posted on 11/21/2011 4:47:00 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: Red_Devil 232

And NO PICS EVEN! I WANT PICS!


10 posted on 11/21/2011 4:49:36 PM PST by Winstons Julia (Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
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To: GQuagmire

“I’m going to surrender all my permits. I pay all that money every year,” he said. “Next time I catch [a tuna] I’m going to throw it over the side.”

What he should do is occasionally call the fisheries and report the general location where he saw the last floater.... “a few days ago”.


11 posted on 11/21/2011 4:52:44 PM PST by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~.. Newt/West 2012."got a lot swirling around in my head.”)
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“I’m going to surrender all my permits. I pay all that money every year,” he said. “Next time I catch [a tuna] I’m going to throw it over the side.”

No, just carry a heavy-duty rod and a Penn 6/0. When he nets one, voila! - a rod and reel catch.

Just don't try and palm off a spinning rod and 6 lb test. :-)

12 posted on 11/21/2011 4:57:52 PM PST by Oatka (This is the USA, assimilate or evaporate.)
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To: GQuagmire

It’s the new dolphin-safe tuna standards. Even though not on porpoise, dolphins get can caught in huge fish trawling nets, be unable to surface, and drown — and nobody eats poor Flipper so it’s deemed a tragic waste. Still, unless they are banning private nets per se (rather than by type of fish caught), this sounds like overdoing it.


13 posted on 11/21/2011 4:58:22 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (bloodwashed not whitewashed)
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To: GQuagmire

Welcome to democrat hell. In this world, Hemingway would have been more inclined to write Orwell style books.


14 posted on 11/21/2011 4:59:24 PM PST by Track9
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To: COBOL2Java

15 posted on 11/21/2011 5:01:01 PM PST by Colonial Warrior (Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.)
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Since the fish was already dead, the government will sell the tuna, he said.

Yea, the auction will be held in their office among the employees and agents.

16 posted on 11/21/2011 5:01:38 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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To: GQuagmire

“You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother. Come on and kill me. I do not care who kills who.”


17 posted on 11/21/2011 5:05:06 PM PST by x
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To: Blood of Tyrants

When the law is adminstered by criminals there is no justice, mercy or common sense. Let them have their pound of flesh, but not a drop of blood.


18 posted on 11/21/2011 5:05:39 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (Government must be taken back from the thieves who have stolen it.)
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To: Oatka

LOL.... We fish for Halibut where I live.

I actually like the 30 pounders, but some of these monsters can get up to 200#. Those things can take well over an hour to land.... not my kind of fun... too much work. LOL


19 posted on 11/21/2011 5:10:06 PM PST by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~.. Newt/West 2012."got a lot swirling around in my head.”)
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To: Winstons Julia
"And NO PICS EVEN! I WANT PICS!"


20 posted on 11/21/2011 5:10:11 PM PST by Average Al (Forbidden fruit leads to many jams.)
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