p.c. 6-29-08 - Page 2

Downtime2 · 07-01-2008, 03:46 PM

Congrats on the sail. Good looking fish. Just to settle the "remove from water" debate, here is the reg copy and pasted from the NMFS site.BILLFISH CATCH AND RELEASEFISHERY MANAGEMENTPROGRAMNMFS encourages catch and release of Atlanticbillfish, and the use of circle hooks tomaximize post-release survival. A fish that isnot retained must be released by in a mannerthat will maximize its survival by cutting theline or using a dehooking device, and withoutremoving the from the water.www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/

www.hmspermits.gov

Wharf Rat · 07-01-2008, 03:55 PM

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Downtime2 (7/1/2008)Congrats on the sail. Good looking fish. Just to settle the "remove from water" debate, here is the reg copy and pasted from the NMFS site.BILLFISH CATCH AND RELEASEFISHERY MANAGEMENTPROGRAMNMFS encourages catch and release of Atlanticbillfish, and the use of circle hooks tomaximize post-release survival. A fish that isnot retained must be released by in a mannerthat will maximize its survival by cutting theline or using a dehooking device, and withoutremoving the from the water.www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/

www.hmspermits.gov

I gotta say, that's pretty stupid. So, if I want to take a picture with my first billfish and have it out of the water, then I need to kill it so I am obeying the law...that doesn't make sense to me.

wirenut · 07-02-2008, 07:19 PM

Nice sail there captain:clap

07-01-2008, 03:46 PM	#11
Downtime2 Super Moderator Sailfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Crestucky Posts: 2,476	RE: p.c. 6-29-08 Congrats on the sail. Good looking fish. Just to settle the "remove from water" debate, here is the reg copy and pasted from the NMFS site.<P align=left>BILLFISH CATCH AND RELEASE<P align=left>FISHERY MANAGEMENT<P align=left>PROGRAM<P align=left>NMFS encourages catch and release of Atlantic<P align=left>billfish, and the use of circle hooks to<P align=left>maximize post-release survival. A fish that is<P align=left>not retained must be released by in a manner<P align=left>that will maximize its survival by cutting the<P align=left>line or using a dehooking device, and without<P align=left>removing the from the water.<P align=left><P align=left>www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/ www.hmspermits.gov

07-02-2008, 07:19 PM	#13
wirenut Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pensacola west side Posts: 1,299	RE: p.c. 6-29-08 Nice sail there captain:clap

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