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Broadbill-Pro · 03-11-2009, 06:15 AM

I did not see the fish, but all too many times judgement is passed without hearing both sides of the story. We have already heard that FWC was gunning for them, I have played this game way too long not to know that enforcement is almost always "encouraged" by the competition and most of the times they have dirty hands themselves.

These Guys may be guilty as charged, I suggest that FWC have photos to prove their case.

Here are the methods of measuring a fish from NMFS web-site. According to this photo the Caudal length measurement starts from the back of the gill plate, a gill plate that is tossed overboard before FWC witnessed the fish. Do we measure from the inside of the collar? or where the skin turns from bronze to white outside the collar? Either way 1/2 of an inch would be hard to convict by.

Swordfish can be measured along the body contour from the cleithrum (semicircular bony structure that forms the posterior edge of the gill opening ?????) to the anterior portion of the caudal keel (CK). This measurement must be made at the point on the cleithrum that provides the shortest possible cleithrum to caudal keel measurement. WTF???? Swordfish can also be measured fromthe tip of the lower jaw to the fork of the tail, for a lower jaw fork length (LJFL).

03-11-2009, 06:15 AM	#38 (permalink)
Broadbill-Pro Grander Join Date: Jan 2006 Best Catch: When I look at a Commercial Fishing Vessel I see 300 million Americans and you only see the Crew Posts: 1,847	I did not see the fish, but all too many times judgement is passed without hearing both sides of the story. We have already heard that FWC was gunning for them, I have played this game way too long not to know that enforcement is almost always "encouraged" by the competition and most of the times they have dirty hands themselves. These Guys may be guilty as charged, I suggest that FWC have photos to prove their case. Here are the methods of measuring a fish from NMFS web-site. According to this photo the Caudal length measurement starts from the back of the gill plate, a gill plate that is tossed overboard before FWC witnessed the fish. Do we measure from the inside of the collar? or where the skin turns from bronze to white outside the collar? Either way 1/2 of an inch would be hard to convict by. Swordfish can be measured along the body contour from the cleithrum (semicircular bony structure that forms the posterior edge of the gill opening ?????) to the anterior portion of the caudal keel (CK). This measurement must be made at the point on the cleithrum that provides the shortest possible cleithrum to caudal keel measurement. WTF???? Swordfish can also be measured fromthe tip of the lower jaw to the fork of the tail, for a lower jaw fork length (LJFL). Last edited by Broadbill-Pro; 03-11-2009 at 06:40 AM..