Remind me - what's a tuba for?

downstairs: Why would someone want such a large tuna? Are they edible? I'd assume at a certain size, they're not that appetizing.

If only we had a link to an article somewhere around here where a comparable tuna was sold for nearly $400K. Clearly inedible.

If it weren't for my horse...

downstairs: Why would someone want such a large tuna? Are they edible?

They are very edible. You can buy it fresh or in cans or pouches at the grocery store if you would like to try it sometime.

How many sammiches is that?

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Nice work. You beat me to it. *Tips hat*

downstairs: jvl: downstairs: Why would someone want such a large tuna? Are they edible? I'd assume at a certain size, they're not that appetizing.

If only we had a link to an article somewhere around here where a comparable tuna was sold for nearly $400K. Clearly inedible.

Oh, I saw that. I was just posing a sincere question. I'm not a fisherman (fished once, caught nothing). I thought that fish at a certain size are not really tasty.

That's true for some fish but not Tuna.

For future reference if you catch a half million dollar fish in in a net. 1. Hook it through the lips 2. Let it go. 3. Reel it in. 4. Take pics doing it.

Bureau-crazy at it's best.

Last tuna my dad caught out of P-town weighed 750lbs. and netted $14k and that was 10 years ago. Those Japanese are rabid about bluefin.
/Straight, loves P-town/ the cape
//parents still have a second home there, and grew up in P-town
///Go to the "Old Colony" to get your drink on, family owns it.

He must have donated to the GOP

cig-mkr: that guy just got flat out farked.

True, but if you let him keep the profit there would be 100 boats out there tomorrow trying to "accidentally" net one for themselves.

Shoulda kept it in Dollars, Taxes.

/Let the Marxism commence.

Let this be a lesson not to inform the government of anything. Especially if it's a windfall to you or those around you.

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IT'S NOT A TOOONAAAH!!

Aw, dammit! That's what I came in to say...

downstairs: I didn't mean tuna in general, of course. I meant a 700 lb. tuna.

Let me clue you in, a 700lb tuna is a small one.

Smells like 881 lb Tuna:

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish and the government will take what he catches and sell it to a foreign country.

Walken's Sock Puppet: Let this be a lesson not to inform the government of anything. Especially if it's a windfall to you or those around you.

and as a commercial fisher that's a good way to ruin your business.

There wouldn't be any way for you easily get rid of it. You would have to come up with an elaborate story that involved other people (who will very likely squeel, blab, and crack at the first opportunity). Which means the word would get out and you would be farked sideways.

Weaver95: f*ckers. this is what makes people not want to help the government.

And if they let the fisherman have it, why would anyone follow the rules again?

downstairs: Why would someone want such a large tuna? Are they edible? I'd assume at a certain size, they're not that appetizing.

Rong. Bluefin tuna is the ultimate delicacy regardless of size. Damn fish is probably worth $50,000

redhook: downstairs: I didn't mean tuna in general, of course. I meant a 700 lb. tuna.

Let me clue you in, a 700lb tuna is a small one.

50 years ago it was. Now anything over 350lbs is pretty big

All it needs is Hikaru and Minmay.

Jacobin: downstairs: Why would someone want such a large tuna? Are they edible? I'd assume at a certain size, they're not that appetizing.

Rong. Bluefin tuna is the ultimate delicacy regardless of size. Damn fish is probably worth $50,000

Try 10x that amount

downstairs: "Well the thing is dead. You don't want to encourage (as bill_01915 put it) others from "accidentally" netting them. So what... let it rot?"

Yes. It's a shameful waste, but it's a HELL of a lot better than incentivizing overzealous and corrupt law-enforcement through asset forfeiture.

(Better yet, if logistically possible, donate it to an accountable charity that can make use of it to feed the needy.)


downstairs: "Or make some money for the agency that polices this sort of stuff?"

And who watches the watchmen? What's to stop agents of "the agency that polices this sort of stuff" from blackmailing (or otherwise strong-arming) fishermen into "accidentally" netting profitable fish and then confiscating them to sell at auction? Maybe kick a few bucks back to the fisherman to keep him quiet, maybe just threaten to pull his license on a technicality, maybe something nastier and more creative. Perverse incentive FTW?

madgonad: Weaver95: f*ckers. this is what makes people not want to help the government.

And if they let the fisherman have it, why would anyone follow the rules again?

WTF is your point? It's one fish, not a trawlerful. People aren't allowed to profit unless it's government? Fark you. I fish legally, with rod and poles, no net, in areas in open seasons, if and when I do. Buf if I land a 300# halibut, not a goddam one of you will know about it until it's smoked and half eaten. If you're nice, I'll even give you 30#.

*poles I mean downriggers. A 40# fish is a biatch enough to pull in on a regular old fishing rod.

fanbladesaresharp: *poles I mean downriggers. A 40# fish is a biatch enough to pull in on a regular old fishing rod.

Know how I know you don't fish?

Jacobin: downstairs: Why would someone want such a large tuna? Are they edible? I'd assume at a certain size, they're not that appetizing.

Rong. Bluefin tuna is the ultimate delicacy regardless of size. Damn fish is probably worth $50,000

downstairs: Why would someone want such a large tuna? Are they edible? I'd assume at a certain size, they're not that appetizing.

If only we had a link to an article somewhere around here where a comparable tuna was sold for nearly $400K. Clearly inedible.

wow things must be getting pretty bad at the fbi. they are so needing attention it's tragic. see this is what happens when the tsa is around.

spmkk: downstairs: "Well the thing is dead. You don't want to encourage (as bill_01915 put it) others from "accidentally" netting them. So what... let it rot?"

Yes. It's a shameful waste, but it's a HELL of a lot better than incentivizing overzealous and corrupt law-enforcement through asset forfeiture.

(Better yet, if logistically possible, donate it to an accountable charity that can make use of it to feed the needy.)

downstairs: "Or make some money for the agency that polices this sort of stuff?"

And who watches the watchmen? What's to stop agents of "the agency that polices this sort of stuff" from blackmailing (or otherwise strong-arming) fishermen into "accidentally" netting profitable fish and then confiscating them to sell at auction? Maybe kick a few bucks back to the fisherman to keep him quiet, maybe just threaten to pull his license on a technicality, maybe something nastier and more creative. Perverse incentive FTW?

FTA: According to NOAA, the fish will be sold on consignment overseas and proceeds will be held pending final resolution of the case.