They spearfish & dive for lobster, but almost never fish with hook & line. From Wordnik.com. [Which Fishing Cult is the Most Insane?] Reference
This is from Mark in Burnsville, Minnesota: I spearfish in the Sea of Cortez. From Wordnik.com. [Explorers Assess The Health Of The World’s Oceans] Reference
I like to spearfish and they planted a very large and pretty coral that would explode as I picked it up. From Wordnik.com. [Castro Interview With Mexican Daily in Brazil] Reference
The tide is out, which means the fly fishing for Japanese sea bass I wanted to do will be very difficult and the rocky points around which I hoped to snorkel and spearfish are high and dry. From Wordnik.com. [Seoul] Reference
The Workout Monday, Wednesday, Friday: Surf, martial arts and ride stationary bike Tuesday, Thursday: Surf, run Saturday and Sunday: Surf and spearfish After a morning of surfing he looks for something he can eat quickly, like poi, a Hawaiian staple made from taro, before getting back in the water again. From Wordnik.com. [Surfer Mark Healey Works Out To Avoid Gnarly Wipeouts and Worse] Reference
I just can't stand seein 'folks spearfish for Sheephead. From Wordnik.com. [ScubaBoard] Reference
To make matters worse, Atkinson said 75 percent of the Dive Shop's customers spearfish. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage] Reference
He credits his fellow divers that day for keeping him around to perhaps one day spearfish again. From Wordnik.com. [UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World] Reference
They found that 27 percent of the fish identified as white marlin actually were roundscale spearfish. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Also released a wahoo about 12 lbs. and had a once in a lifetime release of a beautiful 40 inch short bill spearfish. From Wordnik.com. [tcpalm.com Stories] Reference
That's despite laws that currently make it illegal to commercially harvest marlin, sailfish and spearfish from the Atlantic Ocean. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.thesunchronicle.com] Reference
Hebi is the spearfish, and I was in the Honolulu fish market about three months ago, and spearfish is not considered good fish at all. From Wordnik.com. [Sushi Day] Reference
While crabbing, some locals noticed a commotion on the beach, went to investigate and ended up wrestling a 1. 5m short-billed spearfish on to the shore. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Discovered only three years ago, it is now thought that nearly a third-27 percent-of fish historically identified as marlin were in fact roundscale spearfish. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
MIAMI, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Fish thought to be white marlin, prized but never plentiful, may be misidentified as a look-alike species called roundscale spearfish, a study says. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference
Since the past ratios of roundscale spearfish to white marlin are unknown, the researchers also examined how variations in these ratios would impact the projections of population size trends for each species. From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
This previously unrealized, relatively high abundance of roundscale spearfish and their misidentification might have impacted past assessments of white marlin population sizes and concomitant management efforts. From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
"These findings illustrate a need for the immediate collection of biological and fishery data such as age and growth, migratory patterns, and fishery catch statistics for both the real white marlin and the roundscale spearfish.". From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
"Furthermore, it's important to realize that we are also dealing with the existence of another large oceanic species, the roundscale spearfish, about which we know almost nothing and whose populations may be declining, steady or even on the rise". From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
The study reports that the white marlin look-alike species, the enigmatic roundscale spearfish - whose very existence was only confirmed three years ago - makes up almost a third (approximately 27%) of the fish historically identified as white marlin. From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
"This proportion of roundscale spearfish along with its longstanding misidentification as white marlin for decades compromises the accuracy of current biological knowledge on white marlin" said lead author Lawrence Beerkircher of the NOAA Fisheries Service. From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
Remarks: uncommon; available data indicate that the spearfish matures at 2 years of age, and rarely lives past 4 to 5 years; they are pelagic, and feed at or near the surface, mainly on fishes and squid; named for Al Pflueger, Sr., founder of Pflueger Taxidermy. From Wordnik.com. [tcpalm.com Stories] Reference
To examine if the high proportion of roundscale spearfish and its misidentification might have impacted past assessments of white marlin population sizes, the research team conducted computer simulation studies which calculated historical population size trends for each species individually. From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
A new study by scientists at the federal government, Nova Southeastern University and other institutions has found more than a fourth of the fish caught and identified as white marlin were in fact roundscale spearfish, and their findings could call into question the government's decision to keep the white marlin off the endangered species list. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
He's as ugly-tempered as a spearfish, as vicious as a man-eatin 'shark, as tricky as a moray, an' about as relentless as a closin 'ice-floe. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries] Reference
Several of the assembled guests didn’t take to the news too well—after all, it was one thing to be invited to a swank Adventureland escape, where helpful outdoor counselors rounded up the walleyes for you to spearfish in the shallows, but quite another to realize that we were trapped in a remote mountain hideaway with only our nonworking electronic equipment to keep us company. From Wordnik.com. [cat’s meow] Reference
1.6 tons of metal running at over 55 knots (80 in the case of the spearfish) don’t need a warhead against a civi ship!!. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Huzzah!] Reference
Feed URL: http: / / rss. topix.net / rss / city / north-spearfish-sd. xml. From Wordnik.com. [Random feeds from Syndic8.com] Reference
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