Time to push for Hawaii's bones to be designated a gamefish: UPDATE below

A pissed off Coach Duff posted this pic of a commercially harvested Hawaii bonefish on his Facebook page.

Josh Owens followed up with this disturbing image.

Time to mobilze the troops. 

UPDATE: Sign the petition to stop gill netting Hawaiian bonefish.

Richard Bramble Ceramic Fish Art

Artist Richard Bramble's collaboration with Jersey Pottery includes the North American Trout range of ceramics and a 'Saltwater' range of species from around the world.

LINK

Apparition - Bonefish Preview

Friday Pin Up

May SOTM Entry: T&C Boner

William Vallely with a Turks and Caicos slab.

The Impact of Hook Retention on Released Bonefish

The issue of hook retention now been the subject of a detailed scientific report from ELSEVIER highlighted in the THE ABACO SCIENTIST. The report’s main conclusions can be summarised as follows:

-Hooks, especially shallow ones, are expelled fairly quickly.
-For deep-hooked fish, barbless hooks are significantly easier for the fish to deal with.
-The presence of a hook does not appear to interfere with feeding.
-Hook size is not a material factor.
-All the test sample fish survived.

LINK (via: Rolling Harbor Abaco)