Originally posted by Cecil Baird1:
It still puzzled me why they aren't crushed by the increased water pressure.
Cecil,
We routinely catch red snapper in the Gulf in 100 feet or greater water depths. These fish very often have grossly expanded air sacks from the pressure differential when brought to the surface. If releasing one of those fish, it it common practice to just puncture the air bladder with a needle and release the fish...supposedly the fish are fine after going through that process.
