Thinning the herd

[Wookie]

Every young idiot with a boat will go kill a Goliath, tag or not. The population is about to crash.

 

[LandonL]

Every young idiot with a boat will go kill a Goliath, tag or not. The population is about to crash.

Thats a bit pessimistic... If they use a limited tag system, like Georgia does for alligators, I don't see that happening. I think the general perception will end up being the same, you can't hunt them unless you end up to be very lucky with a tag.

 

[CuzzA]

$300 per tag and only 100 tags per year and they have to hand over the fish to FWC... Yeah, I'm sure anglers will come from far and wide to harvest a GG.

Like I said earlier, they are everywhere here off Tampa Bay, but it doesn't appear anyone has done any studies outside of certain S. Florida regions.

They will eventually be reopened for harvest once it's proven they can be managed in a sustainable way.... As far as knocking anglers, don't forget anglers are the ones who fund the conservation and law enforcement everyone else gets to enjoy. Most recreational anglers don't want to see unsustainable fishing practices and often agree with new regs when they are proposed.

 

[RhodeDiver]

Seems kind of pointless to pay a lot of money to catch and kill a fish you can't keep.