P.E.I. Tuna Fishery Just Getting Started
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Journal Pioneer ] August 28, 2017
They set sail on the Ocean Drifter out of Alberton Harbour at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday and they were back in port six hours later with a 744-pound bluefin.
“I didn’t think he was that big,” Captain Wallace said, indicating he thought the fish probably weighed 500 to 600 pounds prior to bringing him onboard. He then upped his estimate to 700 to 750 pounds before learning just how close the scales put the weight to his higher number.
“No wonder he was fighting so hard.”
For the trip, Wallace had onboard his wife Jennifer, his sons Ben, Dawson and Jack and friends Valerie Harper and ...
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