a friend sent me this from the gringo gazette,I dont know if its true or not, whatdayathink?
Japanese Herd Our Tuna Off To Japan
And they make them swim all the way!
If you fish below the border, tuna pens are not an unfamiliar sight. These huge circular pens, roughly 150 feet wide and 50 feet deep, are the
temporary homes to bluefin tuna that are fattened up before being sent to the Japanese fish market – sometimes dragged at an agonizingly slow two
knots across the Pacific, all the way to Japan.
Wayde Nichols aboard his 48 foot Señor Jefe managed to steer his boat into the middle of a floating tuna pen nearly half the size of a football field.
To get out, the outer ring was submerged by the crew of the tow boat to allow them to drive out.
During their 12 hour ordeal in the tuna pen, the Señor Jefe crew members alternated between fright and excitement. During the period of intense
negotiations to free their boat, they experienced the adrenaline rush of a wide open tuna bite inside the pen.
Nothing stands between the Japanese and their sushi. It’s just another high seas hazard that might give you grief or it might provide you with some of
the best catches of the day.
What does the law say about this? Is this legal? Yes, they do have permits from the Mexican Government to grow the fish.mulegejim - 10-2-2013 at 10:51 AM
They do not tow them to Japan. The tuna get to Tokyo fish market in the cargo hold of a 747.
Interesting story on the hefe.willardguy - 10-2-2013 at 12:36 PM
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Originally posted by elgatoloco
They do not tow them to Japan. The tuna get to Tokyo fish market in the cargo hold of a 747.
Interesting story on the hefe.
towing em across at 2 mph just didnt sound right! but would the gringo gazette lie?
[Edited on 10-2-2013 by willardguy]DENNIS - 10-2-2013 at 01:18 PM
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Originally posted by willardguy
towing em across at 2 mph just didnt sound right! but would the gringo gazette
lie?
Carrie Dumbkin? Lie? Never.
They do, however tow them from where they were caught at slow speed back to the farm, but not to Japan, as far as I know.
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[Edited on 10-2-2013 by DENNIS]BajaRat - 10-2-2013 at 09:52 PM
WOW ! That's crazy, I thought international water was 100 mi out.55steve - 10-4-2013 at 09:50 PM
The bluefin tuna raised/fattened in the pens at Salsupuedes are processed and air freighted to tokyo the same day. The Japanese have a name for it -
it's called LAXfish since the arriving shipments have LAX on them. True story.
I have ALL the pics of the El Jefe in the tuna pen BTW.
[Edited on 10-5-2013 by 55steve]Cardon Man - 10-6-2013 at 08:40 AM
I wonder how many tons of baitfish are removed from Mexican waters to feed those pen fish?55steve - 10-9-2013 at 07:31 AM
Maybe that's one use for the sardines that are being decimated at Mag Bay right now.
but would the gringo gazette lie?