Thank you for tuning into the SeaBros Fishing Podcast! On this episode we were excited to sit down and talk everything bluefin tuna with our good friend and fellow fisherman Chris Weiner.

Chris and the rest of his family are harpoon fishermen out of Maine, and have been for decades. His experience and skills in hunting these fish on the surface is incredible. He is on another level in terms of understanding bluefin behavior, patterns, and nuances.

When Chris is not on the water pursuing these fish from above, he dedicates his time supporting his fellow bluefin tuna fishermen. He and his family have always been advocates for the fishery. Chris has spent many years involved in both the science and management pertaining to numerous Gulf of Maine, East Coast, and Atlantic-wide fisheries. 

Over the past three years, Chris and his father spearheaded the development of a non-profit organization known as "The Bluefin Collaborative" whose focus is to connect bluefin tuna fishermen up and down the East Coast and work towards building a genetic data base on fish harvested and released. These efforts are to help showcase the health of the Atlantic bluefin tuna stock, pin point new spawning areas, and gather new migration data on this species.

For the past two seasons, we have helped collect samples for Chris and "The Bluefin Collaborative", taking fin and finlet clips from fish we have caught throughout our charter fishing season. We are excited to continue this for years to come, and help refine the sampling process with Chris and the rest of the TBC team.

In this conversation we discuss international bluefin tuna quota management, highly migratory species politics, old data sets vs what is being collected by "The Bluefin Collaborative", and much more. As always, we share a bunch of fish stories, including Chris's first experience fishing in Nova Scotia this past fall.

Chris is a very smart and passionate guy, and has a ton of information to share.

We hope you enjoy this podcast as much as we did!

Stay Tight,
The Sears Brothers

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