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Alex
18-05-08, 12:35 PM
hey guys..

some of you guys might remember some photo;s of my first trip now here's my second
2008 trip off the north of tasmania..

we did some Tasmanian King Crab tagging and longlines inside a marine reserve to assess its effectiveness and caught some whopper ling.

Alex
Alex
18-05-08, 01:12 PM
We did two demersal longlines one iside a new marine reserve and one out to see if there was more abundance of sharks and ling inside the reserve. all sharks caught were tagged and then released. many more pink ling were caught inside the reserve aswell as a nice blue eye.

King crabs were also tagged and released. not much is known about this species.

we were also going to go for some tasmanian trumpeter but the weather turned rough as it usually does in the Bass strait, but nex year tho :)

Alex
imnotafish
18-05-08, 01:14 PM
haha longlining in a marine reserve, that sounds productive!!

nice pics mate.

How big r those ling!
Alex
18-05-08, 01:20 PM
Yeah i know, only way to get permession aye haha. um i think the big one went a meter thirty... we also caught southern calimari with hoods 80cm long at night time that would make multiple 10m runs...biggest squid i've seen
imnotafish
18-05-08, 01:33 PM
fark me that is a massive cally. i notice the ling didnt get tagged and released tho! how do they eat?
Dog Catcher
18-05-08, 01:37 PM
i notice the ling didnt get tagged and released tho! how do they eat?


A good educated guess is with their mouths :rolling laughter::rolling laughter:
xtosea
18-05-08, 02:05 PM
Thanks for sharing the pics Alex again, looks awesome down tere, the Ling are great eating!
Kamil
BONECRUSHER
18-05-08, 03:25 PM
did some of the king crab get kept for research (on how tastie they are?)
Alex
18-05-08, 04:30 PM
did some of the king crab get kept for research (on how tastie they are?)

we didn't get one this year but last year we ate a 5kg one and it was awsome. a real game crab type taste. strong but nice i reckon. ling are awsome, the boat chef cooked some up that night. real tasty for what they look like.
KingsRule
18-05-08, 05:41 PM
Awesome stuff!


How did you score that job/experience?
Alex
18-05-08, 08:40 PM
Awesome stuff!


How did you score that job/experience?

g'day rob.. im dong a fisheries degree with AMC in tasmania.
see your doin well in the harbour mate, good work.
say g'day to ben for me
flat rock
29-05-08, 03:06 PM
Hey mr north harbour,send some ling to me man..good fish