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Originally Posted by Ddwineguy
Those that called bs on this board were right.
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Thanks!!!
My friend Robin posted the story about this catch of "The 200 year old fish" on my facebook page.
Here's what I said at the time:
"......Rockfish or West Coast Red Snapper type fishes are extremely long lived, but not that long lived. Life expediency is estimated as a maximum of possibly a 100 years. In 2007 a fishermen caught one that weighed 62 pounds and was measured at 112 centimeters. It was a third larger then the fish above and it was estimated to be around a hundred years old. If I had to guess I'd say that fish was between sixty to seventy years old...."
Well I was right and they were wrong.
I'm all for Environmental protection, and proper management, but I really hate it when people intentionally use misinformation to manipulate the public.
We don't even have those particular rockfish here and I knew how old it was. It's their job to manage those fish. They are saying it was just an honest mistake, but if I knew how old it was the Alaska management personal who put out the false information should of as well.