The deep-set buoy gear helps bring in fresher fish and experts believe the public will support a sustainable fishery that does not endanger other sea life.
— often caught more than swordfish, including whales, dolphins and sea turtles, earning them the name “curtains of death.”
requiring the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to get funding to help fishers make the transition to different gear.Oceana subsequently raised more than $1 million to activate the legislation, Shester said, and the Ocean Protection Council and California Legislature put in the remaining funds of $2.2 million to allow all the fishermen who signed up for the transition program to participate.
In 2020, 24 tons of fish were caught by net, and 90 tons were captured by harpoons and buoy gear. In 2022, 20 tons of swordfish were fished by net and 40 tons were hooked by buoy gear and speared by harpoon – but Shester said the fish have generally been harder to find recently.Shester and other proponents of the new gear said while saving sea life, the change also leads to higher quality swordfish – which are being sold for more than what drift net-caught swordfish sells for.
The catch – swordfish typically weighs from 100 to 700 pounds – is sold to restaurants or fish markets with wholesale licenses, or to fish warehouses in San Pedro and San Diego, where the fish becomes fillet or steak.
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