A new guide details how to safely release deepwater bottomfish species

A new guide details how to safely release deepwater bottomfish species

By Sam Hudson

Source: sportfishingmag

12/23/2023

Credit: Em Right

Prized bottomfish such as red snapper, gag grouper and other demersal species are experiencing overfishing. That’s according to state and federal fisheries managers in charge of overseeing fish populations. What that means for recreational anglers in the last decade is often shorter seasons, plus the likelihood of early seasonal closures. As you might imagine, the range of emotions many weekend-warriors experience falls anywhere from anger and frustration, to understanding, all the way to acceptance.

Anglers do not set snapper and grouper size limits and seasons — that’s completely out of our hands. What anglers can control is how they safely release a bottom fish that can’t be kept. Study after study shows that a percentage of bottom fish die after release — whether from gut hooking, barotrauma, or shark depredation.

Shiner, Red

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
2576	DNR: Indiana Fish Kill Likely Due to Heat, Natural Events	Associated Press	2022-08-16	US
2577	Prehistoric Fish May Spawn in Georgia: 1st Time in 50 Years	Associated Press	2022-08-16	US
2578	Is krill fishing accelerating climate change?	thefishsite	2022-08-16	US
2579	Maryland man wins $4.4M for reeling in 77.5-pound white marlin	Fox News	2022-08-16	US
2580	Meet Aquanaut: A new deep sea diving robot from NASA	interesting engineering	2022-08-15	US
2581	Иван из Забурунного	Охотники.ру	2022-08-15	RU
2582	Columbia River's Salmon Are at the Core of Ancient Religion	Associated Press	2022-08-15	US
2583	Auburn researchers report blue catfish genome breakthrough	The Fish Site	2022-08-15	US
2584	Fishermen catch rare blue lobster off coast of Maine, crustacean will live in family restaurant's tank	Fox News	2022-08-15	US
2585	Hawaii’s ‘last fishing village’ gets special state designation to protect its waters	hawaiinews now	2022-08-04	US
2586	More than 600 catfish seized in illegal fishing bust on Mississippi River	WBRZ	2022-08-05	US
2587	Fishing boat hits Norwegian cruise ship traveling from Boston to Bermuda	Boston 25 News	2022-07-31	US
2588	Watch electrofishing method used to survey fish populations	boingboing	2022-08-01	US
2589	Venomous fish drawn to Plymouth beaches 'make grown men and women cry'	plymouthherald	2022-08-01	UK
2590	This fish evolved to walk on land — then said 'nope' and went back to the water	wgbh	2022-07-31	US
2591	Isisford builds third big yellowbelly statue to reel in tourists	ABC Western Qld	2022-08-01	AU
2592	Fish farming may threaten rare Gulf whale	yoursun	2022-08-02	US
2593	Scientists record behemoth in waters 2 km deep off Shizuoka	asahi	2022-07-31	JP
2594	90 percent of fish consumed in Pakistan is contaminated, says WWF	geo	2022-08-01	US
2595	'Saildrones' in Lake Superior will study fish populations	nbc25 news	2022-08-02	US
2596	Fischkadaver auch im Stettiner Haff - Polen schließt Quecksilber als Ursache aus	rbb24	2022-08-13	DE
2597	Власти Шведта назвали гибель рыбы на Одере "катастрофой небывалых масштабов"	ТАСС	2022-08-13	DE
2598	Смак не просто так	Охотники.ру	2022-08-13	RU
2599	What Killed Tons of Fish in European River? Mystery Deepens	Associated Press	2022-08-13	PL
2600	Victoria company fined $11,000 for fouling creek, killing fish	timescolonist	2022-08-12	CA

103 of [218 - pages.]