40-Year-Old Albacore Record Broken, The World's Biggest Snapper

From: Salt Water Sportsman - Thursday Dec 22,2022 09:01 pm

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A man holds up a record-weight Albacore fish.

40-Year-Old Albacore Record Broken

Matthew Florio now holds the New Jersey record for longfin albacore tuna. He was fishing the Hudson Canyon Oct. 22 when he boated the 78-pound, 2.4-ounce fish. The state Department of Environmental Protection’s Fish and Wildlife division recently announced the record.

A woman stands behind a large Cubera snapper.

What is the World’s Biggest Snapper?

Let’s start with the biggest snappers, as a group. That honor would fall to the three cuberas. These are the African cubera (Lutjanus agennes, properly known as the African red snapper), the Atlantic cubera (L. cyanopterus), and the Pacific cubera (L. novemfasciatus) also called Pacific dog snapper.

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Menhaden Still Making a Stink

Both Maryland and Virginia recreational anglers were optimistic that Governor Youngkin’s campaign rhetoric stating that it would no longer be “politics as usual” in Virginia would shift the dynamic. Well, the proposed and discussed menhaden regulation changes did not even get a vote.

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