California Halibut Carcasses Wanted!!!

Greetings!

My name is Cheryl Barnes and I am a graduate student at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. As part of my master's thesis, I will be conducting a study, which evaluates the reproductive capabilities of California Halibut (Paralichthys californicus). More specifically, I will estimate and compare growth rates, length and age at maturity and egg production of halibut from three central California locations (Half Moon Bay, Monterey Bay and Morro Bay) to better understand this economically important species and provide information for resource management.

If you are interested in donating a carefully-filleted California Halibut carcass (all internal organs intact; you keep the fillets) and/or providing additional information to help advance this study, please contact:

    Cheryl L. Barnes, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
    8272 Moss Landing Road | Moss Landing, CA 95039
    e: [email protected] | p: (831) 515-8232 | f: (831) 632-4403

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks and I look forward to hearing from some of you soon.

I know Cheryl, and she is good people.

 

IMO this is a cool study cuz from what I understand there is not a lot known about the CA Halibut up here in NorCal, and a lot more research has been done on SoCal populations.

So, it seems to me that research on how big they are when they reach maturity etc sounds like a good thing.

Look at how many butts have come out of SC already this year!!! And this is a place that has "NO FISH" according to a lot of us.  LOL! What a great opportunity to learn more about the resource and population and make sure that current management practices (size and bag limit etc) make sense.

I want my kiddos to be able to catch big butts like DC.

 

Cheryl, if I manage to shoot or catch one this year I will call you for sure...and I hope other folks in the SC/Cap/Monterey area do the same.

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Ill be trying around the morro bay area the next 2 weekends let u kno if i manage any

I appreciate your support, Jim! 

And thank you, Derrik.  I'll actually be in Morro Bay on the 23th (great for easy pick-up), but definitely give me a call anytime!  I'll be wishing you all the luck (and don't forget to be careful when cutting into it...I need all organs intact). 

Thanks again!!!

We all need 'RESEARCH' stickers for the sides of our yak's now 

I'll donate once I can put one on the yak!

We all need 'RESEARCH' stickers for the sides of our yak's now 

I'll donate once I can put one on the yak!

Beautiful 

We all need 'RESEARCH' stickers for the sides of our yak's now 

I'll donate once I can put one on the yak!

Watch out! Wouldn't take much for Paul Watson to sink your yak.

That group doesn't have enough sea knowlege collectively to sink a kayak .... let alone chase a whaling fleet!  The amount of byproducts they have produced trying to stop the whaling has most likely lead to more whales killed than saved.  Another "reality" tv joke IMHO

He has as much there's more captain in "Captain Morgan" or "Captain Crunch" than Capt. Paul Watson.

I'm helping Cheryl as well.  Only one  flatty so far this year, but she got the carcass.  Please assist her if you can!

Allen

The weekend of the 23 we'll be fishing near san simeon i believe but if we manage to land a flatty ill cut around the belly fillet im sure ca hali wont have much meat there anyways an this saturday ill be going outta virgs with my dad so theres a chance we could land one in the bay when we get back in off the t piers.  Have you asked Virgs to save any carcuses they may pull on board? also im sure if ur willing to go further south to avila mike, dustin, an sal would prolly keep em for u to.

When I catch my next one I will make an effort to fillet it with the innerds in and contact you if I do. Question though.  I see it's in the no-go zone but can I take the cheek cuts/meat or is it just fillets?

 
 
Thank you for choosing Ca Halibut for the study and please post any findings even if it's going to take awhile. 

Thanks Meat Hunter!  I will definitely communicate my results (although it won't be until at least the end of 2014 - after collection, processing, analyses and writing).

And...you can definitely take the cheek meat. There's a good morsel in there, which can hopefully make up for the bit of meat you may be leaving behind to keep everything else intact.

Thanks again!!!
Cheryl

Awesome.

Have only one carcass in chest freezer, but can work to save more from myself and others.

Do you have a timeframe that you need them by?
Just want to accumulate enough to make it worth the time to drop off. 

We all need 'RESEARCH' stickers for the sides of our yak's now 

I'll donate once I can put one on the yak!

Watch out! Wouldn't take much for Paul Watson to sink your yak.

I just wanted to see what all the hubbub was about so I watched a few episodes on demand  ...My personal conclusion is , I am against the whaling BUT I think UN-capt Paul is the fool in charge of "A Ship of Fools"  he is going to get someone killed and I think he looks forward to that day...I did not see  one " old salty dog"  on any of his vessels nothing but  TV want-to-be sailors...