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Walter & Group...
[GH] More on fishing and conservation in "offshore" locations.
This from Capt. Greg Rahe:
Hola Gordy,
The New York Times published a short article last week, about this same subject, concerning my little neck of the woods, Ascension Bay, MX. Here is the link http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/19/sports/finding-work-from-fly-fishings-popularity-in-mexico.html . A great side note is that I see many lodges in Ascension Bay, claim that they invoked the two guides per boat concept. But in reality, it was the Federal Parks Commission (CONAP) in 1987, which forcefully suggested that head guides use an ¨ayudante, ¨ or assistant guide, to get more locals out of the gill-netting business and into sustainable sport fishing. Since 1987, the waters have been solely catch and release for bonefish, permit, tarpon, and snook.
On the other end of the spectrum, I remember the waters of South Caicos being netted daily, to the tune of hundreds of bonefish to twelve pounds, in 2008-09, while I was head guide at Ambergris Cay Sporting Club.
Cheers, Capt. Greg Rahe
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[GH] Greg,
We wondered if they are still netting bonefish in the Caicos Islands.
I believe I have found the answer. I wrote to a couple of guide services there asking how the bonefishing was and if netting of bonefish was still going on. I received this answer:
"usually quite good, probably not excellent"
"netting not in the areas whre we go."
Another answer to my request sort of skirts the issue: "they dont net to much any more like they use to."
Gordy
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