Comments on: Canada Votes AGAINST Bluefin Ban? http://www.fishingfury.com/20100319/canada-votes-against-bluefin-ban/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss A fishing blog with attitude! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:20:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathon Marshall http://www.fishingfury.com/20100319/canada-votes-against-bluefin-ban/#comment-45701 Jonathon Marshall Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:27:32 +0000 http://www.fishingfury.com/?p=10074#comment-45701 It all boils down to one thing. MONEY! It all boils down to one thing. MONEY!

]]> By: Clive Mathias http://www.fishingfury.com/20100319/canada-votes-against-bluefin-ban/#comment-45699 Clive Mathias Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:19:28 +0000 http://www.fishingfury.com/?p=10074#comment-45699 There are some huge BFT up here in Nova Scotia. In fact, the world record is from here, but there is absolutely no sportfishing allowed. I find it pretty strange since the number if fish taken by sport-fishermen must be substantially lower then the commercial catches. There are some huge BFT up here in Nova Scotia. In fact, the world record is from here, but there is absolutely no sportfishing allowed. I find it pretty strange since the number if fish taken by sport-fishermen must be substantially lower then the commercial catches.

]]> By: Jonathon Marshall http://www.fishingfury.com/20100319/canada-votes-against-bluefin-ban/#comment-45694 Jonathon Marshall Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:27:12 +0000 http://www.fishingfury.com/?p=10074#comment-45694 Thank you for the input. The point I was making, which may have not been clear, is that if we wouldn't be considering a ban on BFT if there wasn't an observable problem. For a fisheries minister to come out and blatantly say "We don't have any problems here" seems like a rather large contradiction when it's an international issue. Also the more I read about this law the more it seems this law was more about the TRADE of bluefin, not fishing for them. Thank you for the input. The point I was making, which may have not been clear, is that if we wouldn’t be considering a ban on BFT if there wasn’t an observable problem. For a fisheries minister to come out and blatantly say “We don’t have any problems here” seems like a rather large contradiction when it’s an international issue. Also the more I read about this law the more it seems this law was more about the TRADE of bluefin, not fishing for them.

]]> By: cbiegel http://www.fishingfury.com/20100319/canada-votes-against-bluefin-ban/#comment-45692 cbiegel Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:20:30 +0000 http://www.fishingfury.com/?p=10074#comment-45692 Since the US and Canada are two of the only countries that have a sustainable BFT fishery it is politically impossible to ban the trade after our fishermen have made the sacrifices that others haven't. I'm not saying it's the "right" choice, just giving the real life explanation. What we really need is for the Atlantic BFT stock for be split into two stocks since the most recent science shows that most of our fish migrate up and down our coast with only some mixing east to west. Since the US and Canada are two of the only countries that have a sustainable BFT fishery it is politically impossible to ban the trade after our fishermen have made the sacrifices that others haven’t. I’m not saying it’s the “right” choice, just giving the real life explanation.

What we really need is for the Atlantic BFT stock for be split into two stocks since the most recent science shows that most of our fish migrate up and down our coast with only some mixing east to west.

]]> By: Chris http://www.fishingfury.com/20100319/canada-votes-against-bluefin-ban/#comment-45681 Chris Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:23:53 +0000 http://www.fishingfury.com/?p=10074#comment-45681 Utterly shocked at Canada for doing so. We need a new Fisheries Minister. Utterly shocked at Canada for doing so. We need a new Fisheries Minister.

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