Locally Caught Tuna !!

[phill_itofish]

a young lad caught a tuna on spinning gear if im not mistaken in the south last month ....so guess the fish headed north then ,,,,

nice one, where was that mate

[paulthespark]

i don't think the warming of the north sea [if it is actually warming wich is still open to debate]has anything to do with tuna hopefully returning to the north sea, a hundred years ago there where huge tuna shoals in the our so called cooler sea and they where here for one reason and one reason only the millions upon millions of herring that lived here,and if the herring are making comeback so will the tuna. but i don't think the herring or the tuna will ever be present in the north sea in the huge numbers of the past.

foot note don't forget the humble mackerel is also a member of the tuna family.

[Beacon1]

i don't think the warming of the north sea [if it is actually warming wich is still open to debate]has anything to do with tuna hopefully returning to the north sea, a hundred years ago there where huge tuna shoals in the our so called cooler sea and they where here for one reason and one reason only the millions upon millions of herring that lived here,and if the herring are making comeback so will the tuna. but i don't think the herring or the tuna will ever be present in the north sea in the huge numbers of the past.

foot note don't forget the humble mackerel is also a member of the tuna family.

what a load of bollocks tuna caught off this coast cannot believe some of these comments !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[paulthespark]

what a load of bollocks tuna caught off this coast cannot believe some of these comments !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it,s quite obvious that you don,t have a clue about the marine history of the north sea, think of it this way yellow fin tuna are caught off the coast of newfoundland canada and believe me the waters around there are a lot colder than the north sea. but anyway thanks for your well informed and thoughtfull coments on the marine life that was and in some cases is still is living in the north sea [really made me sit up and think]

[phill_itofish]

what a load of bollocks tuna caught off this coast cannot believe some of these comments !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

get yourself down Whitby of even saltburn for that matter and look at the photos of the tuna fleets on the walls, it wasn't that long ago. And apart from that look at the photo at the start of the thread that was only hours ago.

[kenny]

wow how cool, is it ilegal to keep tuna if caught? just wondering as i have no clue and can only learn.

[ohpollocks]

wow how cool, is it ilegal to keep tuna if caught? just wondering as i have no clue and can only learn.

Just stick it in a tin, nobody would notice.. lol

If our seas are warming, why was it still freezing paddling in the sea at Whitby on Thursday? Unless its age as the kids didnt seem to feel the cold..

[paulthespark]

google, history of the british tuna fishery

[jonny_s]

There was a thread on here about tunny a couple of weeks ago, sparked off by the unusual catches of herring, which may or may not be making a comeback. I doubt we will see catches return like before the 1950's but we are bound to see odd reports like this with some exciting finds. There are no fences enclosing the North sea and if a giant like a sperm whale can be found at redcar whats stopping anything else passing through or paying a visit ?

Anyone remember the swordfish caught in nets at newbiggin in 2006 ?

Jonny

[Reddog]

UK tuna fishing began in 1929. Famous angler Mr Stapleton-Cotton hooked two large fish estimated at well over 600lbs off Scarborough, Yorkshire, but sadly lost both.
The summer and fall of 1930 proved decisive. It was August 27th when Mitchell-Henry sunk a hook into a tuna weighing 560lbs some 50 miles off Scarborough. The season didn't end there. A further four fish weighing 392lbs, 591lbs, 630lbs and 735lbs.
The 1932 season was a total contrast and proved the best for overall numbers caught. In total, 21 bluefin were captured with several fish over 700lbs in weight.
The climax for UK tuna was reached in 1933 with a fish that is still the UK record weighing 851lbs taken off Whitby in Yorkshire, again by Mitchell-Henry. The technological advances in electronics spawned by the war made fishing vessels far more effective. Quickly, both the once abundant mackerel and herring stocks of the North Sea were depleted to such a degree that the food supply was much reduced. This lack of food was blamed for the disappearance of the tuna.

[g.ordon]

YouTube - ‪Adventure Bound - Yellowfin Tuna off the rocks‬‏

heres a link to yellow fin tuna being caught from shore,point proven i think chaps.

Good entertainment watching that scrap, PMSL

[el_sid]

851lb

imagine just catching small ones even 10-50lb would be great sport on the right gear

mabey if our seas where managed properly its somthing we could have in the next few years

[jonny_s]

Norfolk island Australia good video though

I'm still a believer though

[g-force]

851lb

imagine just catching small ones even 10-50lb would be great sport on the right gear

mabey if our seas where managed properly its somthing we could have in the next few years

Here's a passage courtesy of wikipedia concerning the Atlantic bluefin:

Fully mature adult specimens average 2–2.5 metres (6 ft 7 in–8 ft 2 in) long and around 350 kilograms (770 lb) in weight. The species can reach a maximum length of about 4.3 metres (14 ft). The largest recorded specimen taken under International Game Fish Association rules was caught off Nova Scotia, an area renowned for huge Atlantic bluefin, by Ken Fraser and weighed 679 kilograms (1,497 lb). According to Gordon Johnston's 'It Happened in Canada'[4] the longest contest between man and tuna fish occurred near Liverpool, Nova Scotia in 1934, when 6 men, taking turns, fought the 795-lb tuna in a terrific battle that lasted sixty-two hours.

That last fish definitely put up one helluva scrap

Gary

[g.ordon]

851lb

imagine just catching small ones even 10-50lb would be great sport on the right gearmabey if our seas where managed properly its somthing we could have in the next few years

Yer, heavy gear by the looks of it