 John H wrote:]Agree that it is unlikely but some people may not see it that way, and go hard for as long as they can. The recent announcement of a 10 day fishing contest format offering a $1,000,000 prize to catch a specific tagged snapper has many of our supporters asking for a position statement from LegaSea. LegaSea’s concern is that catching and releasing large numbers of snapper day after day in pursuit of an extraordinary prize will increase the wastage of fish. Our policy is to reduce waste and encourage people to conserve fish in order to accelerate the rebuild of the snapper fishery. LegaSea cannot support this event format. See LegaSea Snapper 1 policy here http://www.legasea.co.nz/documents/Snapper1-Policy-Oct12.pdf |
| gollyfish wrote: chanses are it'll get scooped up in a com's trawl net....he may be able to purchase a bigger boat! |
. I mean who would want to pull nets all day after winning that prize? lol.| A LOAF OF BREAD wrote: So i was thinking about the odds over catching a specific tagged prize fish. What do you think the odds are of catching a specific tagged fish given the area of the ocean, how many fish are in the ocean, the distance a fish can travel in a single day given a limited fish zone, limited time, how hungry the fish is, and if it would even be on the feed after being tagged. |
Lethal wrote:
yes not the best thought out contest considering how many fish could die from releasing, the odds definitely are in favour of the fish not being caught, any fish tagged will be stressed and not likely to feed for a few days or more which will even reduce the odds further, wounder how many will try their luck? |
| pjc wrote: why do they always tag snapper as a species?why not tag a gurnard,then lets see how many can be caught in 10 days?as we know there very few around the gulf now days.theory being caught snapper will taken ho,e and not become mortality statistics. |
| Kevin.S wrote: Just a thought, but if there is an insurance company willing to take this on at an affordable cost to the organisers then they must have worked out there is virtually no chance of anyone catching the tagged fish. I think you would have a higher chance of getting a return on your investment if you bought $99 of lotto tickets, and we all know how likely that is. |
Kezza wrote:
Correct Kevin….an example of more inshore wastage at the hands of commercial greed….this time only dressed up as 'recreational' fishing fun. |
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