He’s been buying tuna permits for 15 boats and he didn’t know the simple regs that dictate no net-caught tuna? I feel sorry for the guy, but frankly that isn’t terribly bright.
Yah... Its called “by-catch” and it just always has to go back in the water. Out here on the west coast... There’s the cod trawlers that come up with the odd salmon or halibut in their nets... And over the side they gotta go.
Its painful, especially when the science is overrun by politics in the regulations. But good stewardship means following the rules. The trick is to make sure the rules are based on good science, not politics.