![]() Let's represent our spearfishing community, and flex our muscle in a constructive way. *Anything else pertinent to determining whether a limited harvest can work. *If you have seen increase in their populations *Their behaviors especially if they are aggressive I am going to email him the link to this thread so that he, and his associates at the FWC may read, and see. Please reply on this thread in non-inflammatory manner, and provide your feedback. What he asking is for anecdotal info, photos, and video. This is provided that the fisherman report the info regarding the catch, and surrender the filleted carcass for scientific study. A limited number of kill tags would be given out to those that apply, and for a fee would allow that fisherman to harvest a goliath. Ultimately, both he, and several other key personnel would like for a limited harvest along the lines of the alligator lottery to occur. I just got off the phone with this gentleman today, and although he declined that he be identified due to not wanting to get barraged with phone calls/emails, he is very interested in what we have to say. He wants to take this info to form a springboard for a very possible limited harvest sometime in the near future. In their conversations, this person has expressed the desire to get diver-based info on goliath grouper populations, and behavior around the state. Photos of the catch and otolith courtesy of FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.įollow David Strege and the outdoors on Facebook.A fellow dive club member just called me last week about an acquaintance he has with a very high ranking official in the FWC. They are found in depths from 180 to 1,700 feet. The Warsaw grouper is characterized by an elongated dorsal spine, and is the only grouper with 10 dorsal spines, one less than all the others. Though biologists acknowledged the value of acquiring such a specimen, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it “does not encourage the targeting of Warsaw grouper since the status of the population in the Gulf is unknown.” “Catch and release is the way to go,” another added. “A fish like that should not have been killed.” Many comments under the institute’s post were critical of the catch of what the FWRI called “a big old fish.” One called it a tragedy another said it is “so wrong.” “So happy was able to process this.”Īlso on FTW Outdoors: Hunter acts fast when charged by mountain lion “Almost as exciting as seeing this guy boat-side was the look on everyone’s face and the excitement when I got this otolith,” Boyll wrote on his Facebook page. The catch was made by Jason Boyll of Sarasota on Dec. ![]() Otoliths are commonly known as “ear stones” and help biologists determine the age as well as growth rates of various fishes. ![]() “Acquiring the otolith from this fish was extremely valuable as samples from larger and older fish are rare.” “Biologists from FWRI’s Age and Growth Lab estimated the age of this fish at 50 years old, making this the oldest sample collected for our aging program,” the institute reported on its Facebook page. A Florida fisherman landed a 350-pound Warsaw grouper off Southwest Florida that biologists from the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute determined to be 50 years old and a valuable asset to its aging program. ![]()
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