For several days a huge bluefin tuna were caught at Jennette's Pier in Nags Head, but the bluefin fun came to an end after an official visited last week, the pier said.

David Esslinger and crewmates pose with an 884-pound bluefin tuna caught off the coast of Galveston, Texas. Screengrab from Facebook post by David Esslinger. A Texas fisherman may have landed a ...

“We were advised to remove all references to the bluefin bite from our social media platforms because it is considered promoting an illegal activity,” Jennette’s Pier announced in a Facebook post.

NOAA advised Pier staff, according to the statement, that it’s “a violation to fish for, catch, possess, retain, or land Atlantic bluefin tuna, blue marlin, white marlin, or roundscale ...

WAVY photo The pier said the officer told them: “It is a violation to fish for, catch, possess, retain, or land Atlantic bluefin tuna ... Dauses Of course, some people blamed the entire problem ...