On Jun 21, 5:12*pm, W1TEF wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:09:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On Jun 21, 2:57 pm, W1TEF wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:41:50 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jun 21, 1:40 pm, W1TEF wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:08:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I know the cajuns eat 'em and there's a lot of places that serve
shark.

But are there any fishing (commercial) requirements for catching
shark, and are there only certain species that are acceptable.

I dont' know, that's why I'm asking....

No and it's another species that is over fished. A lot of species are
definned and left to die - don't even make it to the table.

Well, that's lousy!

I mean if you're going to catch the thing you ought to eat it. Like
the all-you-can eat joints have a sign that says.

"Take all you want, but eat all you take"

makes sense to me.

Well, that presents a whole 'nother problem called by-catch. A lot of
fish are caught accidentally and are discarded routinely - happens a
lot in the in-shore commercial industry where one might be dragging
for flounder and catch sea robins, skates and other undesirable
species. Sometimes, the by-catch is sold as bait to lobster or crab
fishermen for example, but a lot of time, these fish aren't even
suitable for the reduction industry so they are just discarded.

And then there are the long liners.

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I can see the point, but with exception of the 'long liners' I'd think
that there would be a market for the 'undesireables' besides
discarding them as trash. But then again, even the trash fish...
wouldn't other scavengers and predators feed on them?

Other than bait, there is no use for skate or sea robins or any of the
other smaller "trash" fish. *Not even for the reduction industry. *And
most lobstermen won't use skate unless forced to by lack of menhaden
because they just don't attract lobsta'.

I know - you're going to point to hagfish as an example of "use". True
- there is a big Asian market for hagfish and they aren't much use for
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Oh I wasn't going to point to a 'hagfish for an example" because I'd
never heard of a hagfish. But I did look up sea robins and they're an
intresting creature. Is that the same as a flying fish? or a species
thefeof? They look like it?