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I just caught all this tuna, now what?You just arrived back at the dock after a wide open "wfo" two day tuna trip. Everyone aboard who caught fish meets at the top of the dock where the fish are handed out generally by the fisherman's manifest number (te sign in sheet filled out by law before the boat departs). Some fish are already filleted while during the trip, a decision made by the angler. You are now thinking "what the heck am I going to do with all this fish I just caught and get it back home to Texas" (or wherever you are from) There are "dockside" services for handling all your processing
needs. There are many options available, some pricier than
others. From shipping your catch home that was filleted on
the boat to same day filet and ship services, just about anything can be done
for a price. Here's just a few of the services available to
you:
Some additional Questions: Original question I received by email from one of my very appreciated visitors: Rob, Here's the great response from Five Star: Rob, One more thing I forgot to add- if they take the box or ice chest on as luggage, they can only fill it to 50 lbs. Otherwise huge charges apply. That should be added if anyone asks. Thanks for the kind words. ~SarahFrom: Sarah Saraspe
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:57 AM To: info@sportfishsandiego.com Subject: Re: Who will pack and ship fish in San Diego? - Email from Rob at SportfishSanDiego (com)Rob,
This is a hard question for me to answer because our business relies on the processing of the WHOLE fish off of long range trips. We do not make money on the shipping part of it, because the customer pays for the box, employee time handling, taking it to the airport and making sure it gets on the correct flight. From there, the customer usually pays C.O.D. to the airline where they would pick up the fish. They may also pay the cost for shipping the fish straight to their door via UPS or Fed Ex. For this, I cover the cost and then they pay me back the exact cost the carrier charges me. Each situation is unique. If I am at the docks and someone is stuck in a predicament and has no other choice, I sometimes will do them a favor and freeze their fillets & ship them. But I try to discourage that. I have been trying to work with the landing to see if they will sell boxes and frozen gel packs so that customers on the shorter range trips have an option to take their already fillet fish back on the plane with them as luggage. This would be the ideal situation. They may also take an ice chest with them before their trip and load up their fillets and take it back with them as luggage. The fish does not need to be frozen before this...but always nice to have something cold, like gel packs to accompany the fillets. They do not allow wet or dry ice in the containers. I hope I answered your question. Thank you for the support. ~Sarah Saraspe www.fivestarfishprocessing.com |
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