Watch out Welsh Spearos!!

[Spaniard]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4250826.stm

 

[Tim1]

Its good to see the fish was returned alive but I do have my concerns though. We used to fish for blues with barbless hooks and removed the hook while the fish was still in the water. Removing the fish from the water and presumably hanging it somehow from a fish scale causes internal organs to rupture. A shark can swim away strongly but later dies.

In the UK there are now very few sharks when compared with the 70/80's. It was always a thrilling sight to see a pack of dorsal fins swimming up the chum trail towards the baits. These days I'd quite like to snorkel out to the baits and just watch.

 

[octopus]

I would not want to start moral debate. I am just curious. What are the survival chances of any fish after such, energy demanding, fight?

 

[Tim1]

I would not want to start moral debate. I am just curious. What are the survival chances of any fish after such, energy demanding, fight?

This link will provide some information - http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/ukshark/

I guess the physiological implications of being caught and returned are shared by most sprecies of fish. What we do know is that freshwater fish, i.e. carp and pike can be caught and recaught over and over. The same fish have been known to be recaught by the same angler on the same day suggesting that recovery and return to normal behaviour is fairly immediate.

 

[Tim1]

The only time I have kept a blue is when they cough up their stomach and it becomes entangled in the leader and ruptures. I agree, blue meat is to be avoided...