Brother you going from fishing in your fold up kayak for bass to now helping land this giant tuna is such a hilarious level up. Keep on being a legend my guy.
@@maxwelllegere1483lmao go bitch at the ships with giant nets dragging behind them catching and killing all things in their path. Fisherman like these are the definition of sustainable.
Ive never seen a comment section of people more clueless. He did NOT say the tuna sold for $2000 he said that he MADE (profited) $2000 which is after expenses.
@@danpang5404huh? Crew is 4 members Gas is 50 dollars max Food is 100 dollars max for everyone. They still make roughly 400 dollars each. Let's say they make this once a week on average. 1600 dollars per month to go fucking fishing, that's absolutely insane.
@@naptochinon5659 I assume in this video they’re selling it to wholesalers which are the people that sell to restaurants and have the means to transport hundreds of pounds of fish in semi trucks which also adds a lot of value
thats called business. someone profits from the distribution, someone profits from the production, and someone loses money cuz they consume the product.
Love to see the comradery of these guys out on the water. Where else do you see a complete stranger come over and help another fisherman land a tuna an hour offshore? Makes me proud to be a New Englander!
@@user-tz1fd1hl8tdoesn't work that way brother they take a core sample and cut away a sample as well and analyze the fat content and color of the meat. Based on that I have seen anywhere from $9 all the way up to $18 a pound but that's pretty hard to get. The buyer still has to make money on it as well and they're covering the cost of shipping packing and tracking to Japan unless they have a middleman which means they need to ensure that they make enough profit to include the middleman
You won’t be able to buy a steak for $5/kg but if you buy a whole cow, $5 is a lot given that you also pay for the hide, the bones, the 30 pound head….
so many guys in the comment section pretending to be experts giving their take on what the price should be 😂😂😂 probably never got a drop of saltwater on them in their lives
This was a bluefin and at 500 pounds they caught a big one but the core must’ve been burnt to get 4$ a pound. I recommend bleeding it behind the boat. Gotta get all that blood out
So you pay all the money for the charter, do all the work bringing in the fish, and the captain gets to sell it and profit off both you and the fish 😂😂
the gutted and trimmed tuna will be far less than 500lbs and the cost at a supermarket is obviously marked up because a supermarket has its own costs plus storage and transport. that being said the tuna should be at least 3k minimum
@ThatGuyPal.83 yes that's a bluefin tuna.....anytime you hear news of a million dollar fish the fisherman isn't getting that its some douche fish dealer
Thats a sustainable resourse so catch as many as you can. The oceans are so large that it's impossible to over fish them. Go for the money and worry not about the resource. Tight lines to you!
Yeah no... Tuna species especially the bluefin were nearly wiped out due to overfishing since the 1950s... populations have slowly began to recover but ONLY because of a 1 fish per day limit.. or controlled market shut downs. Our ocean can't sustain itself with how greedy we've became.
@@Brainwashed_Sheep Actually I was being facetious. I am a retired fisheries biologist and know quite well what's going on. If you haven't, read the "Tragedy of the Commons" as it's a classic work on what we as humans can do to a resource that's available to all comers. You're 'one fish a day' only works if everyone follows the rules. When you can get $2000+ for one fish then why not catch two, or three, or even more if no one is looking. The Chinese do it all over the world.
What people don't get that the entire operation is compartmentalized. Fisherman have such limited time and tied to the resources at disposal. Would they love to see some of that retail money? Yes. But they have to get back on the water and catch more fish that's why their margins are setup thay way. Enter the middlemen, they're your fish mongers and distributors. They get the product to into the retail at everyone's convenience. They pay the price off the boat bear the costs of storaging and shipping. Some may even process it. That leaves the consumer and the level convenience they get. Ordering it already prepared as a meal or ingredient. You want $4 p/lb you gotta take the whole fish or don't bother.
Eric Arabian lol he’s still alive and well , nice 👍🏽 hell of a fisherman. Let’s just say I’m not surprised he was unprepared and didn’t have his own saw though lol
wait dont they say not to get fresh water on the fish?? Doesnt icing the fish through an opening cause for the ice to melt inside the fish possible ruining the meat???
