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Tuna Rings at Punta Banda

durrelllrobert - 2-27-2013 at 03:05 PM

Short video inside one. These are the rings in front of my house and in front of DENNIS' house.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziegu2B5YFI&feature=youtu...

[Edited on 2-27-2013 by durrelllrobert]

DENNIS - 2-27-2013 at 03:50 PM

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Originally posted by durrelllrobert
Short video inside one. These are the rings in front of my house and in front of DENNIS' house.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziegu2B5YFI&feature=youtu...

[Edited on 2-27-2013 by durrelllrobert]

THere's a story that goes along with this. I guess swimming with the Tuna is now a tourist attraction.
These two posts came off the Punta Banda Bulletin Board:

"Have you ever wondered what is inside the Tuna Rings, I posted some pictures in
the files. Open Ocean Aquarium now have swimming with the tuna here in our back
yard! Limited Load Just 15 person max. Departing the Sportfishing Dock, Ensenada
at 9.00am (3Hr Tour) Please Message me for Tour Information Sheet and Pricing."
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"Here is a video of the tuna rings for those that are intrested. Prices are
$60per person, 15 people minimum. You can check the site to see if the are going
out and maybe you could jump on one if they are."
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durrelllrobert - 2-27-2013 at 04:41 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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You're right DENNIS. I should have given credit to the PBBB although the posters there didn't credit the perso/ company that made the video.

DENNIS - 2-27-2013 at 05:00 PM

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Originally posted by durrelllrobert
although the posters there didn't credit the perso/ company that made the video.

Scott Astorga put up the two posts. I'll give him a call. I'm curious too.

monoloco - 2-27-2013 at 05:15 PM

I'd pay $60 to swim with the tuna, if they'd let me bring my speargun.

DENNIS - 2-27-2013 at 05:44 PM

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Originally posted by monoloco
I'd pay $60 to swim with the tuna, if they'd let me bring my speargun.

I'm sure they wouldn't mind. Bring the one with the 44MAG power head.
In the vid, it seemed like they were free-diving....coming up for air.
This whole thing just seems ridiculous. It also seems like all the sharks that hang around the pens will be associating swimming humans with tasty tuna. San Miguel surfers should really like that.

mtgoat666 - 2-27-2013 at 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
I guess swimming with the Tuna is now a tourist attraction.

crafty fish farmers making a few extra bucks. next, we will see tours to snorkel in shrimp farms, tilapia farms, salmon farms, catfish farms, alligator farms...

rts551 - 2-27-2013 at 06:07 PM

one of the by-products of fish farming and tuna pens especially is the very nasty water around them...read lots of fish poop.

DENNIS - 2-27-2013 at 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by rts551
one of the by-products of fish farming and tuna pens especially is the very nasty water around them...read lots of fish poop.

Yeah....they say the ocean floor beneath the pens is like the moon. Nothing will grow there.

BajaNomad - 2-27-2013 at 07:49 PM

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Open-Ocean-Aquarium/2382172928...

DENNIS - 2-27-2013 at 08:08 PM

http://openoceanaquarium.com/

Pacifico - 2-27-2013 at 08:51 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Originally posted by durrelllrobert
although the posters there didn't credit the perso/ company that made the video.

Scott Astorga put up the two posts. I'll give him a call. I'm curious too.

Hey Dennis, do you know Ron Astorga? Scott's dad.....he's a friend of mine.

DENNIS - 2-27-2013 at 09:24 PM

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Originally posted by Pacifico
Hey Dennis, do you know Ron Astorga? Scott's dad.....he's a friend of mine.

I do. Not well, but yes. He has a care facility here in Ensenada and has started Scott in a similar facility on the beach in Punta Banda.

Cardon Man - 2-28-2013 at 07:21 AM

"...Another issue again centers around the fact that these top predators are fed enormous volumes of forage fish, which critics say can have negative impacts on marine ecosystems and may involve health risks to humans due to the accumulation of toxics like dioxins and PCBs. In a world where fish populations have been steadily declining, they say this form of aquaculture consumes far more fish protein than it creates."

Empty Oceans, Empty Nets

Alan - 2-28-2013 at 09:01 AM

As always there are two sides to every issue. My personal opinion is that aquaculture could be the key to restoring our fisheries while our consumption of seafood continues to increase. The bluefin pens in northern Baja are simply growout facilities and as such contribute very little to the future health of our oceans. However other facilities such as the Hubbs-Seaworld's white seabass program have been very successful in that they increase the survivabilty of the fry which are then released back into the wild. The same holds true of all the trout and salmon hatcheries

There is another project in BCS - Rancheros del Mar, that has started raising amberjack for commercial markets. They have taken wild AJ's to use as brood stock which are then mated with hatchery raised fish. By increasing the survivability of the eggs or fry we decrease our dependence and our impact on wild stocks.

[Edited on 2-28-2013 by Alan]

sancho - 2-28-2013 at 11:27 AM

This is off wekipedia, [6]'The reported output from global aquaculture operations would supply one half of the fish and shellfish that is directly consumed by humans'.
There was a pen off the Coronados a few yrs. back
that a storm took out, there were a few bulefin 40#
taken by hand out of the surf at Imperial Beach.
That restaurant guy R Bayless that has that Mex
Cooking show on, was out in Ensenada Bay, they
harvested some aquaculture abalone suspended
by nets