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Subject: Another Larger Mako Killed off California

Author:
Jim Morris

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Date Posted: 936628894PDT

Subject:
Another Larger Mako Killed
Date:
Mon, 06 Sep 1999 07:17:12 -0700
From:
James Morris
To:

shark-l@raven.utc.edu

In a prior post, Jim Morris wrote:

It has not been a good week for mako sharks off California as another
larger one of these beautiful animals has been caught and killed (the
most recent being a 986 pounder off Santa Barbara Island). Such
apparently is a California state record! This 986 pounder will be on
display at the Captain Kidd's seafood restaurant in Redondo Beach
tomorrow...

Dave Sutton wrote in response(on the freedive list):

> >It has not been a good week for mako sharks off California as another

> >larger one of these beautiful animals has been caught and killed.
>
> Forgive me for asking, but since we consider the Mako to be a gamefish

> (and excellent eating, BTW), why is this an issue?
>
> Hopefully this week will not be a good one for Striped Bass in Rhode
> Island, either.... ;-) (But good one in my kitchen).
>
> Regards to all,
>
> Dave Sutton

Subject:
Re: Another Larger Mako Killed
Date:
Mon, 06 Sep 1999 07:12:38 -0700
From:
James Morris
To:
Dave Sutton ,

Hi Dave,

Because makos (and blues) have really faced the brunt of overfishing to include bycatch (from commercial gillnetters and longliners with the Mexican fishermen contributing too) as well as receiving increasing sportfishing pressure over the years. In my experience (and that of others), we have seen smaller and fewer makos (off Los Angeles) with each coming year. To kill a sexually mature female like such is very depressing for those of us trying to get the conservation word out there to protect them (why not tag and release while videotaping the process!). As I love to spearfish too, I still understand that we need to nurture the species that still have a chance at the time. Such is why the black sea bass and white shark is protected now.

PS: If you have a chance to read the following (Web link) to the article that I had recently co-written for the August issue of "Discover Diving" magazine, you will see that the Hawaii shark fin trade is also contributing to depleting the mako shark population encountered off California:

http://www.westpacfisheries.net/genocide1.html

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Subject	Author	Date
Taking Big sharks vrs. Small....	Jim Day	936659143PDT
Re: Taking Big sharks vrs. Small.... -- Jim Morris, 936737869PDT I think your jumping the Gun -- Jim Day, 936816437PDT