eddy2419

https://hmspermits.noaa.gov/news.asp



PERMITS FOR 2007/2008 ARE NOW AVAILABLE



This notice outlines the procedure for obtaining a 2007/2008 Atlantic Tunas Permit, which allows you to commercially fish for and/or retain Atlantic Bluefin, Yellowfin, Skipjack, Albacore, and Bigeye tunas; an Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling Permit, which allows you to recreationally fish for and or retain any regulated Atlantic HMS (Atlantic tunas, sharks, swordfish, or billfish); or an HMS Charter/Headboat Permit, which is required by vessels taking fee paying passengers fishing for or retaining HMS. The permits issued for the 2007/2008 season will be valid from the date of issuance through December 31, 2008.

Bill Me

SC23, I checked, you do. It's called a Florida Fishing License Actually, if the Feds would use the money to support good fisheries management, I wouldn't mind a federal waters permit, but $28 for the boat for two seasons for just tuna, bills and sharks seems pretty reasonable.

GAHUNTER

So.... If I happen to be trolling for marlin with 130-pound tackle, and I happen to see someone dropping Volkswagons into the water on the horizon, and I steer toward said Volkswagons and happen to hook up with an 800 pound Volkswagon, and I fight that Volkswagon for 26 hours before my mate gaffs saidVolkswagon and pulls it on board, and that Volkswagon turns out not to be a sub-compact car at all, but a bluefin tuna, am I guilty of targeting Volkswagons, uhhh, bluefins?