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Meet the Fed-Up Fisherman Who Lost His Megabucks Tuna to the Feds…and Why He’s Ticked About It

Carlos Rafael Talks About Government Seizure of his 800 Pound Tuna

The fisherman who had to hand over to authorities an over 800-pound Bluefin Tuna because it was caught with a net rather than rod, possibly worth $400,000, spoke with Fox & Friends Tuesday about losing the catch of a lifetime:


Carlos Rafael reveals that the captain of his vessel that stumbled upon the sea monster off the cost of Massachusetts had told National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement agents about the crew’s massive catch when they came ashore. Despite having purchased 15 tuna permits for his groundfish boats over the last four years, Rafael had to give up the “big one” because the crew had caught the fish in a net, rather than rod and reel.

“They never brought up you could only catch with a rod and reel, not with a net. Just they tell me this is the size, and time to get it in by and so forth,” Rafael told WCVB. “So we come in, and Uncle Sam gets the fish.”

Rafael explained to Fox News Tuesday that in all his years of buying tuna permits, he was never told that he could not catch the fish with a net. “The government will tell you ‘you’re supposed to know’” said Rafael, who also owns a seafood restaurant. “I’m supposed to know everything. I mean if I was to know all the laws of the land I would spend all of my time just ready every law thats been put in the books.”

Carlos Rafael Talks About Government Seizure of his 800 Pound Tuna

As noted by The Blaze Monday, the fresh sale value of a fish of that size is not chump change. A 745-pound   Bluefin Tuna sold for $396,000 at an auction in Tokyo back in January. Rafael’s catch was 881 pounds.

“We didn’t try to hide anything. We did everything by the book. Nobody ever told me we couldn’t catch it with a net,” Rafael told the Cape Cod Times. Rafael noted that his men caught the fish in the mid­water when they were setting out, and it just got corralled in the net, “That only happens once in a blue moon.”

After being towed for more than two hours in the net, the fish was already dead when the boat hauled back its gear. NOAA told the Times that the fish has been forfeited and will be sold on consignment overseas. Proceeds from the sale of the fish will be held in an account pending final resolution of the case, NOAA said.

Rafael told the Boston Globe  that the fish would have sold for almost $5,000, since the fish was already dead. Rafael says he will not receive any of that money, and was given a warning by agents.

“I think I’m going to surrender all my tuna permits now,” Rafael told the Times. “What good are they if I can’t catch them?”

This whole ordeal seems to be icing on the cake for a small business owner already frustrated over the impact of governmental regulation. Rafael spoke about his frustations to South Coast Today last year:

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  • Commonsensical
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:28pm

    I have a close family member who runs 3 businesses under the table, outside of Government meddling. I sometimes work for him for cash or barter. It’s the underground economy that will survive when the Federal socialists destroy the rest of capitalism. I CHOOSE to be free, and if government regulation prohibits that, then I’ll conduct my business outside the system. This is the capitalist wave of the future!

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    • CHIEFSMOKE
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:52pm

      “When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion – when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you – when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – you may know that your society is doomed.”
      - Ayn Rand, (1905-1982) Source: Atlas Shrugged.

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    • BoatFix
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:59pm

      I do the same thing for a family member. If they were 100% above board, they could not survive.
      I have family on Calif too. Dozens of small business’s down there work under the radar fro the same reason. Too expensive to work all above ground.
      “The gray economy” is getting larger and larger every year.

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    • pakaeboiboi
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 12:11am

      You don’t have to wait ….. it’s called the Marxist / Communist Black Market System ….. Ahhhhhh …… Don’t you just love Government …..

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    • midnightvelvet
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:04am

      Nothing like an oppressive government to make “criminals” of honest people.

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    • colt6920
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:35am

      Amen!!!!!!!!

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    • charleyrocks
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:46am

      Oh boo- hoo there is a very good reason not to use a net to catch. because whales get stuck and others that don’t deserve this kind of catch. Boo-`Hoo to him go by the rules and don’t cheat on fishing!

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    • mr molotov cocktail
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 3:48am

      @chief smoke that sounds a lot like ayn rand she wrote worthless books
      she took state and federal welfare and medical!

      she should of been thrown on the street and told to die under a bridge by her own beliefs…
      lmao

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    • Lonescrapper
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 5:47am

      There is no way you could have brought up a 800 pound tuna by a rod. Do they require whalers to use a rod? What a ridiculous suggestion that only an educated bureaucrat could make.

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    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 6:21am

      I HATE COMMUNISM!

      OBAMA MUST GO!!

      Or it’s CURTAINS for the United States of America. The COMMUNIST-IN-CHIEF OBAMA IS A TRAITOR!

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    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 6:22am

      Good for you! I think you are a hero. I hope everyone else follows your lead and no one conspires with the regime against Americans living in freedom.

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    • chazman
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 6:55am

      … Once again we have another glowing example of why the federal government has become the enemy of the American people … can you imagine where we would be right now if we lost our Second Amendment rights? God bless our founding fathers …

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    • AZindependent
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 7:32am

      I encourage everyone with the time to watch these commercials which air on the Outdoor channel. Here is a link to one of them, but all five are worth watching. These are relevant to this story and other stories of Federal overreach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9stiK9u1vSU

      The Blaze should do a story about these five very important commercials featuring the founder of the Outdoor Channel, George “Buzzard” Massie, who passed away in 1993. Try to watch all five of them at GoldFeverTV on Youtube.

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    • fatfreetoothpaste
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 7:48am

      This place needs like buttons. Nice Atlas/Rand Quote.

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    • crackerone
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:22am

      When I hear. the big tuna, I think of Joy Behar.

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    • old white guy
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:23am

      i read some posts saying he broke a law. he did not break any law. the tuna was caught accidentally while trawling for other fish. the tuna was dead when they finally pulled the nets. the tuna should have been his. get the f–king government off people’s backs.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:54am

      Something smells “fishy” here…(pun intended)…

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    • chasbronson
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:15am

      Commonsensical; I would say “better not brag that too much”. The fields have ears.
      Smoke chief That sums it all up in this country.Guilty as charged

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    • mils
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:15am

      he should have lied. ….and repeated it…tell it long enough like our government does..and people believe..
      it’s a sad commentary on humanity when you need to cheat or lie to survive.

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:21am

      I have read that he was using nets in a trawl operation. Part of conservative is conserving. If everybody who fishes for tuna trawled, there would be no tuna left. On this event i am for the government stepping in and i believe most tuna fishermen are cheering this.

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:28am

      I do not believe he didn’t know. I know and have nothing to do with commercial fishing. Kind of like hunting, you can’t drive by corn fields at night and spotlight deer, you don’t shoot ducks on the water. How about poisoning a lake in a bass tournament ? People in the know are not making a victim of this guy.

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:31am

      typically they don’t use a rod, they use a drift line( thick cable with many baited lines) a machine pulls in the drift line. And yes, many sport fishermen have caught big tuna on rod and reel, but not the type of reel you buy at walmart.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:50am

      @AZindependent: “I encourage everyone with the time to watch these commercials which air on the Outdoor channel. Here is a link to one of them, but all five are worth watching. These are relevant to this story and other stories of Federal overreach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9stiK9u1vSU”
      __________________________

      Thank You! I watched all five of them…they are great! I’m going to post one of them on facebook…really love that guy, huh? I read in one of the comments that he had passed away…couldn’t have been long ago since one of them shows Obama in it…Reminds me of my Grandpa…he was a coal miner…Just a man of God and Common Sense! R.I.P. George Massie.

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    • red_white_blue2
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:18am

      I agree with you. This is exactly what we will probably see more and more of in the future. I applaud your drive!

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:49am

      fakelaki

      Greek shadow system of bribing to get things done. You want to get medical care in a nation that has free medical care for all, you pay a bribe.

      Wall Street Journal November 12, 2011 page A8

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    • JRook
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:54am

      @Commonsensical And the reason the rest of us pay more in taxes. You represent the lack of citizenship that is at the root of our problems. Thanks. The underground economy is the cause of the problem not the solution. If less people pay taxes, the rates have to go up for those who are good citizens and do.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:01am

      charleyrocks

      How many rules is a person suppose to know?

      A person reads 10 to 20 pages an hour when it comes to technical stuff. I’m not talking about leisure reading.

      A that reading rate how long would a person take to read all the laws that he or she is suppose to know?

      How much of a person’s life should a person spend reading laws?

      Most peoples that take over another nation usually cut the red tape (at first) & are seen as liberators.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:06am

      JRook

      I detest people that are in the underground economy to make a higher profit,

      I don’t blame people in the underground economy to survive.

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    • Virgil_Lance
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:29am

      I wonder if Captain Paul Watson will be throwing bottles of butyric acid (stink bombs) at his boat.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:55am

      Napollitano, read me first.

      The Government stole this man‘s valuable tuna catch because he once complained about the Government’s new fishing rule for Americans back in 2010. Now the Government will haul this commercial fisherman into court, have him fined because he dared complain and then force him out of business. He may even face prison time. This is what Kings and Tyrants do all the time. We no longer face a soft tyranny but a very Hard Tyranny now. Its happen to me several times and I am sure its happened to yout too.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 12:06pm

      This Man Like All Americans Are Not Welcomed In America Anymore.

      I fear now that the only way to stop this is by musketry. I think the Tyrant Government and the Tyrant Congress wants Americans to try to stop these things. They are prepared to and willing to kill us off. This man dared to complain about senseless regulations back in 2010 and the Government waited for their chance to crush him.

      You can only catch Tuna on a Tuesday if you boat is red and on Saturday if your boat is yellow. At all other times tuna can only be captured on a fishing rod if the boat has a three legged dog on board and the dog must have a white spot. If these rules are ignored, all tuna get turned over to the Government. You should know these rules by now because they are listed in Obamacare.

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    • bobkatptg
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:24pm

      I was a painting contractor. I obeyed the laws. I grew up in an America where a handshake meant something and honest businessmen could succeed. I could not compete with the contractors who paid illegal alien’s under the table, who lied about the number of employees they had when paying workers comp., who left a wake of cruddy work. Out of business, but I still have my integrity.
      when only lawbreakers can succeed, it is the end of civilized society.

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    • SICKOFLIBSBULSH
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:44pm

      Rafael told the Boston Globe that the fish would have sold for almost $5,000, since the fish was already dead. Rafael says he will not receive any of that money, and was given a warning by agents.

      Is there anyone that works here that knows how to proof read a f’n story? Really, come on guys. This is silly.

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    • AZindependent
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 3:11pm

      @AZDEBI George “Buzzard” Massie passed away in 1993, so those commercials are from footage made prior to his death and mixed in with current content (like Obama). I wish they would get more airplay on the Outdoor Channel (which Mr. Massie founded), or better yet FOX, CNN, etc… Thanks for helping spread them around. I wish “the Blaze” would post a story on them. They were made to promote the Gold Prospectors Association of America, but they really promote America and what we could be with the right government leaders.

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    • It Is What It Is
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 1:03am

      I worked for the NOAA as a temp. This is how the Dept.of Commerce makes money. They confiscate all kinds of fish and even shark bones found on the beach. When they confiscate fish hauls, they hold it in big freezers for resale and also fine the person who caught the fish. There are so many regulations and fines. I worked there before what’s his name got shot after the plane crash in the Clinton Administration. This goes on every single day. Instead of catching bad guys, they go after working people for big money and to pack the NOAA freezers. I was offered a permanent position but the fines weren’t even computerized. They had a giant bible full of regs and fines for each. It felt like they were stealing to me but what else is new w/the greedy centralized govt.?

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  • MrMagoo
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:26pm

    No ROD and REEL,NO TUNA!
    This guy caught it in a NET!
    I’m against over burdensome stinky government regulations too.But this Rafael dude has no right to this fish.
    Hells Bells,lets all go netting on a daily basis!

    There’s no sport in it,let alone that BIG TUNA should’ve been let free.It don’t belong to Man.It belongs to the ocean,and a hungry shark.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:34pm

      Too bad he wasn’t a protected class American then he could have used a net.

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    • marion
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:41pm

      Mr. Magoo,, he is a professional fisherman with a fishing boat. When you pay for all the permits and gear to fish with a boat and nets, he should have the right to keep and sell whatever he catches because he paid to have permission to pull things from the oceans off the coast. Do you really think his intention was to catch what is believed to be a record-sized blue fin tuna? I would think that being a commercial fisherman boat, and the government knows how he is fishing based on the permits he pays, that if he couldn’t catch it in a net, which is his means of fishing, permits say so, why would the government sell him a permit he didn’t need?

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    • MrMagoo
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 11:16pm

      Marion,after some pictures,he should’ve let it go.NETS are for ……food.This TUNA should’ve immediately been let go.
      Nobody wants to see something this RECORD,die.Everybody has to show-off their sh^t,though.It still don’t make it right.
      I fish all the time.INLAND.We let the BIG ONES go.

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    • Jaxco
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 12:13am

      Magoo, the fish was dead long before it was pulled in. Do you really think you can specifically catch a single fish or avoid catching a fish with trawling nets??? We are not talking about a john boat using a casting net over a school of minnows in 3 foot of water. It is insane to believe that anyone could pull off such a feat. Hell, he bought the permits, called and reported it to a ridiculous “bluefin hotline”. He played by all the rules. The government has wayyyyyyyy too much ******* power.

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    • ihveit
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:46am

      to mrmgoo (sp)

      i have a quick question.. why would you turn loose a DEAD FISH? dont you realize the fish was alread dead and if “released” would only be fish food?

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 3:35am

      Your boat must be painted 80 percent white and 20 percent blue and you must have a one legged dog on board in order to legally catch tuna with a bamboo rod of 8 foot in length.

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    • brianmoc
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 5:41am

      its all rod and reel for a reason! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVe0K7z2v8

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    • ollie42
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 6:26am

      @MRMAGOO I’m sorry to see that you inherited the eye affliciction of your cartoon relative, read the article. The fish was dead when they pulled it in. Maybe you feel that commercial fishing boats should be equipped with fish CPR gear or maybe even a fish heart defibrilator. Get a life dude dead is dead in the fish world.

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    • saranda
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:05am

      ihveit – It was dead because he dragged it in the net for 2 hours. Said he netted it as they headed out, so he knew it was there. This guy is just a whiney a hole who got caught cdoing something he had every reason to know was illegal. If he makes it his livlihood to fish, he needs to know the rules and laws. He got caught and now he pleads ignorance.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:45am

      Ah, so you‘re against big government except that you’re for big government for your own beliefs. Got it. Thanks for sharing.

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  • rogerover12
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:25pm

    When are hard working private citizens going to wake up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:33pm

      Notice that the carcass is to be sold over seas – an American fisherman has the fruits of his labor confisated by the American Gov’t and sent to an outsourced entity – HEY OWS the re-distribution of Obama doesn’t mean from me to you rather from me to them

      I am the 53%

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    • jnealer
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:20am

      I’m not sure about the specifics of this case (I would think most professional fisherman do know the laws on these things…not sure if I’m buying his ignorance story). It’s too bad for him, either way though. But considering that the entire tuna population of the world is about to collapse, I would hope that they are under strict regulation. Without government oversight, you can expect ALL tuna to be gone within the decade.

      If you’re going to try to save an entire species, sometimes bad individual situations have to happen. That’s just how it is.

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    • dthomps6
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:37am

      But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security

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  • Dougral Supports Israel
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:22pm

    I have a hard time having any respect for government rules and regulations. These days it all seems designed to either take money from us or to squash our productivity. Government to me has lost any moral imperative it may have once commanded.

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    • kennyg933
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:32pm

      What will the Feds do with the Tuna? Sell it and do WHAT with the money? Or do what they normally do and throw the fish in the garbage and employ 100 additional people to police fishing boats?

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  • tarkus
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:21pm

    I know that in Pennsylvania, you have to catch trout with a rod and reel.

    I do some salt water fishing in New Jersey, and I’m pretty sure that you can catch fish in a net. You’re allowed to spear some fish.

    If that’s the law about tuna, he‘s got to follow it and I’m kind of surprised he wasn’t aware of it. There are a lot of weird fishing laws out there and nearly all of them really stink for recreational fishermen and smaller American commercial fishermen. We’re not the reason for overfishing, but we’re the ones they make all of the regulations for.

    Hopefully this will cause people to push for this law and others like it to be overturned.

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    • Mtroom
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 5:48am

      That’s the thing here…He pays to fish with a net, plus pays to catch tuna….Don‘t you think someone selling him the 2 licenses would inform the paying customer that the 2 didn’t go together? He went back year after year, no one says anything? He called it in, didn’t try to hide it…Now they come out and say..”Oh, by the way, these 2 licenses don’t go together.” Not to mention, they will sell it across seas and decide at a later date what to do with the money. You know, I lived in Michigan for many years…If you hit and killed a deer with you car, they’d ask you if you wanted it before they would take it…This seems pretty similar, if you ask me…I also know they would bring the meat to a food bank to help feed the needy..I think the FDA shut that down, I would have to look that up.

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  • akajj13
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:19pm

    The whole story sounds fishy to me.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:29pm

      I guess the fish didn’t read the regs about swimming into a net rather than wating for the rod & reel to be caught – hello stupid Gov’t – My head & neck are really tired from shaking in disbelief – As Pastor Daivd Jeremiah says – ” I never thought I’d see the day when…”

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 11:23pm

      Ahh, the “Scales” of Justice

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  • ANOTHER ISOLATED INCIDENT
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:17pm

    Proofread an article before we publish it?? What r u crazy?
    Just where is the “cost” of Massachusetts and how much does that “coast”?

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  • pattybbb1
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:11pm

    Who is John Galt?

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  • Joe_The_Patriot
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:08pm

    I recently closed my business because the government makes it impossible for the “Mom & Pop Shop” to make a buck… I really enjoy being self employed but I have no desire to deal with the government whether it be local, state or federal THEY ALL SUCK!!!!!

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  • ccprotect
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:05pm

    more laws just to make the common american a criminal, no matter how good of a person you are you have broken a law there is no way to avoid it.

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    • Mtroom
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 5:57am

      I believe it was Gov. John Engler (MI) that once justified the building of more jails and prisons by saying.. “Everyone has broken a law at some point and should serve time in jail.”

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  • countrysideflair
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:55pm

    Obviously this man is not too bright… what does he need a permit for when he can buy a can of tuna from any grocery. Silly, silly man!

    (Yes, I am joking)

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:10pm

      Did he catch “Charley” the tuna?

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    • phillipwgirard
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 11:32pm

      Charlie don’t surf

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    • Mtroom
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 6:08am

      You got me thinkin’, lol .Let’s see….5oz can, 16 oz in a pound…That’s 3 cans at .50$ ea. x 800…..Right?…Man, much easier with the net…

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  • Al J Zira
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:54pm

    Since the government is forcing you into a life of crime I’d keep the permits, catch more tuna and meet the Japanese offshore. Then either take the money you pocket, hire a lobbyist and lobby for a change in the law or become a tuna tycoon owning the largest tuna packing firm in the country that every politician caters to because they want your contributions. Problem solved. I’m sure there are a number of members in congress that can help you though the steps.

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  • KusoJiJi
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:53pm

    somebody is getting very rich off that fish as we speak. i think it would be a good idea to find out who bought the fish and what relationship they have with the fish and game warden. also, it would be helpful to know if the license to land a bluefin explicitly states how it can be legally caught. something stinks and its not the fish.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:09pm

      I agree .. as with all things .. especially the government .. follow the money.

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    • GumRock
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 11:03pm

      Yea !
      lets see that License
      if he has that many boats, and invest that much money.
      think it would be a good idea to know the rules and regs.
      2 sides to every story.
      I recommend having a fishing pole big enough
      to hall that Big Mamma~Jamma in on the boat at all times.
      Just to point to when asked.

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  • TwoMinuteMan
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:46pm

    I wonder what was on the White House menu that night.

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  • djmaine
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:46pm

    They’ll be eating tuna steaks and arugula at the white house and Senate.

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    • I.Gaspar
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:07pm

      They‘ll be using michelle’s “poached tuna” recipe….
      First, you steal a tuna…..

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  • BowHuntingTexas
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:45pm

    2 things:

    1. Without property rights (in this case a flipping fish) we are slaves; and
    2. He smokes ! He will be re-educated.

    Nobody can do something that awful; or drive around without a seat belt on; or ride a bike without a helmet on; or eat greasy food; or …. or …. or ….

    Nope. People can’t live with too much freedom.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:44pm

    There is no excuse for ignorance the existing laws… even if there a THOUSANDS of them… which makes Moses a Genius: One law… per finger!

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    • Shasta
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:54pm

      A thousand of them? There are 4200 new regulations in the pipeline for next year thanks to Obummer and Mr. Sunstein. You are right, ignorance of the law is no excuse, but when the law sucks, people need to do something about it, like vote.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:04pm

      My point is… each person in a Nation must know all the laws… and the Real Crime is when there are too many!

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    • Phoenixsoulfire
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:05pm

      Bad thing is politicians promise all sorts of things then never come through with them.

      He doesn’t need to know every law just the ones that effect him. Still to many laws set up to make people fail

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  • TheWatchmanSeeth
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:44pm

    AT least they didnt confiscate your boat, because im sure the thought crossed some government-agent-tree huggers-mind.

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  • ZAP
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:43pm

    Money will sent to Libya for Obama`s Arab spring

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  • Blitz
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:42pm

    And the next big one he catches he won’t report and those who take, the gov will blame him. Geez leave the people be….. please!

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  • Talmid of Yeshua
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:38pm

    Who is John Gault?

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  • Shakira Law
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:35pm

    Last month Gibson guitars now Blue fin Tuna. What’s next. Grape-nuts being recalled because it’s neither grapes or nuts. What a bunch of a-holes!

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  • sb36695
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:34pm

    First they came for you, and I didn’t speak out…

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  • Zcat
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:32pm

    The government did what it doesn’t best, steals from the American people!

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    • Shasta
      Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:46pm

      Which is why the second amendment is soooooo important.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:18am

      I assume he knew about this particular law even though there are more laws than a person can ever read.

      If you are a lawmakers you don’t read all the laws because they don;lt even read the bills that they pass!

      that said, you will inadvertently pull something up in the net like a tuna. What are you suppose to do? Give it to the hagfish & instead of using your permit? that is the same INSANE thinking that killed 5 fishermen a year in Alaska. Now the average will be 1 or less.

      But we know liberals value everything else more than people.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:29pm

    This is just one more continuing example of how a massive, intrusive and out of control government is ruining the nation to the core.

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