John Bennett fishes with 2,000meter long lines, each with 10,000 hooks. This is one boat, and one line. This story epitomizes the tradgedy of the oceans. Think about multiple long lines set by multiple fishing boats throughout the oceans. Bennett fishes for toothfish (sea bass), but think of the waste and slaughter of ocean creatures killed as bycatch: sharks, turtles, birds, sea mammels, etc., as a result of this destructive practice. Truly a crime against nature, and a fishing practice that should be outlawed.
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This 990-pound colossal squid, believed to be the biggest ever caught, was hauled in by a New Zealand fishing boat
At Sea, a 'Colossal' Catch
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Late last month a New Zealand fishing boat returned from a two-and-a-half-month deep-sea fishing expedition in freezing Antarctic waters with something extra in its cargo hold: a 990-pound "colossal squid" believed to be the biggest ever on record.
In an interview with NEWSWEEK, the ship's captain, John Bennett, said it took his 25-man crew two hours to land the beast, which surfaced barely alive, eating a hooked fish that was being reeled in. "Being alongside a creature that big is just awesome," he said. The adult male squid is being donated to research, and scientists are eagerly waiting for it to thaw so they can examine it before it goes on display at New Zealand's national museum in Wellington.
—Matthew Philips
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