Bag limit on Mackeral ? ? ?

[brianbru]

Bag limit is absolute rubbish, like the lads are saying get rid of the factory ships etc first!! one haul of mackerel on a factory ship wouldn't come close to what every angler, put together, would catch in a season!

[jw]

[quote="Labyrinthfish"
Irish Annual quota for mackerel for 2011 is approximately 68,000 tonnes.http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2011/01/12/00025.asp
Jp can you get out that magic calculator and tell us how many Macks that equates to ? [/quote]

if a mackerel weighs around 500 grams, that would be 2000 to the ton you'd be talking 136 million mackerel
is that right

[minesabass]

mmmmmmmmmmmm.... Hugh Fearnley-Whitingstall is using his "Fish-Fight" Campaign to encourage the world to eat more Mackerel. trawler catches will, no doubt, increase if Mac becomes a staple fish. Hope they increase their breeding rate accordingly.
I'll still fill the bait freezer and enjoy the flavour of freshly smoked barbied Mac!

[jay bass hunter]

yeah the small one's are easy to shake off but its pointless putting mack's back after handeling them I wouldn't think they bring in bag limit's on mackerel as they grow faster then bass and cod