Catch and release

[caldaland]

since the introduction of aqualungs granitu and not by amature fishermen. 99.9% of amature fishermen dont even fish for grouper!

[clutch_kick]

shanook,can you please quote one single species of fish that  "is extinct or on the brink of extinction" just because amature fishermen eats them instead of throwing them half dead to rot in the sea?

half dead? why would you want to throw a fish back half dead?

ofcourse one needs to use some common sense.  A grouper pulled out of 70m depth will come to the surface with it's swim bladder inflated.  That's useless to release, although there are studies today that these fish can be released after you help them depressurise their swim bladder.

[SPITEC]

These things should be well discussed because for example when you go bottom fishing from cliffs its impossible to release small fish you catch even if you use big hooks small fish are still caught and for the bogue(vopa) in my opinion its like a pest and if they make it's minimum size 9cm lots of kids and families fishing would stop.

[Granitu]

i do not consider a person not registered as a fisherman catching fish with aqualungs as a professional, he is still an amateur in my eyes. Most of the abusers do earn money (alot of money) but i still consider them as amateur fisherman since most probably it would be an extra income.

[robby017]

What sg quoted is the following......


FISHERY [S.L.10.12 5
Schedule of
minimum sizes.
Substituted by:
L.N. 58 of 1979.
38. The minimum sizes of fishes, measured overall, shall be
according to the following schedule:

According to law, there is no minimum size for the transparent goby
makku) and whitebait (srajdna and nemusa).

The minimum sizes of all other fishes and cephalods, measured overall,  is as follows:

Voparella and Vopa (Box boops) ..................... 90 millimetres

Arznella and Munqara (Smaris vulgaris) ......... 90 millimetres

Trilja or Red Mullets (Mullus barbatus and
Mullus sarmuletus) including Triljetta ........ 100 millimetres

All other fishes ......................................... 115 millimetres

Cephalopods, measured from the anterior side of the eye to the posterior end of the body:
Cuttlefish (sicc) ....................................... 75 millimetres
Squid (klamari) ....................................... 100 millimetres

However, the following are the new guidelines as per instructions issued by the MINISTRY FOR RESOURCES AND RURAL AFFAIRS, Veterinary Regulation, Fisheries  Conservation & Control Division in 2009

please follow them and let common sense prevail...... if a fish swallows a hook, don't pull, just cut the line and the fish will take off the hook alone. 99% of fish caught by rod can be released without any problem. the only ones that don't survive are those that when caught, start bleeding from their gills as the hook would be stuck to the red gills of the fish.

Here are the guidelines:


Isem Xjentifiku Isem bl-Ingliz Isem bil-Malti Qies minimu

Hut

Dicentrarchus labrax Sea-bass                 Spnotta 25cm
Diplodus annularis Annular sea bream         Sparlu 12cm
Diplodus puntazzo Sharpsnout sea bream   Moghza 18cm
Diplodus sargus White sea bream             Sargu 23cm
Diplodus vulgaris Two-banded sea bream   Xirgien 18cm
Engraulis encrasicolus1 European Anchovy   Incova 9cm
Epinephelus spp. Grouper                          Cerna 45cm
Lithognathus mormyrus Stripped sea bream   Mengus 20cm
Merluccius merluccius2 Hake                      Merluzz 20cm
Mullus spp. Red mullet                            Trilja 11cm
Pagellus acarne Spanish sea bream          Pagella talfond17cm
Pagellus bogaraveo Red sea bream         Pagellahamra33cm
Pagellus erythrinus Common pandora         Pagella 15cm
Pagrus pagrus Common sea bream          Pagrukomuni18cm
Polyprion americanus Wreckfish               Hanzir 45cm
Sardina pilchardus3 European Sardine        Sardina 11cm
Scomber spp . Mackerel                            Kavall 18cm
Solea vulgaris Common Sole                      Ingwanta 20cm
Sparus aurata Gilthead sea bream              Awrata 20cm
Trachurus spp. Horse mackerel, scad          Sawrella 15cm

http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/index.php/topic,1752.0.html

[caldaland]

catch n release or hook n cook,that is the question! next,ill be told to do mouth to mouth respiration to a grouper to revive it!!!!!!lolololol

[Granitu]

lol dw they are vey good survivors, they stay alive for quite some time

[caldaland]

all groupers are born females. when they are 12 or 13 years old they all turn males.

[robby017]

catch n release or hook n cook,that is the question! next,ill be told to do mouth to mouth respiration to a grouper to revive it!!!!!!lolololol

I’d rather give mouth to mouth to a grouper than to a stubborn closed minded obstinate individual as yourself. Your perseverance to justify keeping juvenile fish makes me sick. 

[Granitu]

that means you will stop eating robby ?

[robby017]

what do you mean ?


If you think or are trying to imply that I keep undersize fish, you are highly mistaken granitu. 

Furthermore, if i don't get the big fish.... i can always buy a pizza or a salad (just to think healthly)

Those who release small fish are rewarded later...... pics to follow soon 

[Granitu]

le ha ndawwarilek biex tifimha, la qed thossok sick, ha tieqaf tiekol in generali- mux al hut irreferejtlek, iktar al xi pizza jew xi platt ghagin

[caldaland]

robby,i have never said i keep juvenile fish. all i said is that i eat what is eatable.maybe you are the "stubborn closed minded obstinate individual " for quoting things i have never said! you just keep on releasing {sic} and ill just keep on eating them.oppps,i have to go cause i need to check the fish i have in the oven. buon appetit!

[robby017]

@Granitu--> daqxejn difficli biex twaqqafni niekol ....... anke jekk inkun marid...... hahaha

[caldaland]

catch n release at its best.

"A Russian circus touring Australia dropped an act in which a performer swallows a live fish then regurgitates it after complaints that it was in poor taste and inhumane."