Interesting move by FWC…
Synopsis is that, during the lobster mini season (2 days in July), if you kill 10 lionfish, then you are allowed to keep an extra lobster per person…
Imagine if our SAFMC had the foresight to do something like this! We only hit about half of the Gag Grouper quota last year from my understanding. Imagine if they said that people could take 1 more gag if they killed 10 lionfish. Interesting concept.
That’s brilliant.
funny how the article talks about what the Lion Fish eats and how detrimental it is to the “Commercial” fishing industry. But not much is ever mentioned about how dragging nets pretty much wipes out everything in the nets path.
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Imagine if they said that people could take 1 more gag if they killed 10 lionfish. Interesting concept.
Yes very interesting. I’d be all over that!
I mentioned something similar to Charles Ruth when we were talking about coyotes and deer. For every 5 coyote tails you turn in to DNR, you get one free doe tag.
The Lion Fish thing could be a good incentive.
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quote:Article was about the local Florida fishery. When you say "nets", are you talking about shrimpers?
Originally posted by Afishianadofunny how the article talks about what the Lion Fish eats and how detrimental it is to the “Commercial” fishing industry. But not much is ever mentioned about how dragging nets pretty much wipes out everything in the nets path.
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them too…
Yes! Shrimpers kill everything IMO
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Well, to answer your question about why “nets” aren’t mentioned, I’m not sure that the article was a state of the union for all issues that affect fishing. That being said, at least they are trying to do something to combat the lion fish invasion.
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Originally posted by skinneejInteresting move by FWC…
Synopsis is that, during the lobster mini season (2 days in July), if you kill 10 lionfish, then you are allowed to keep an extra lobster per person…
Imagine if our SAFMC had the foresight to do something like this! We only hit about half of the Gag Grouper quota last year from my understanding. Imagine if they said that people could take 1 more gag if they killed 10 lionfish. Interesting concept.
Neat idea, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many lionfish on any of our legal mini season spots in Marathon. Only place off the top of my head that I’ve seen more than the occasional 1 or 2 lionfish are on some of the illegal lobster hotels - we usually check out 1 or 2 that are near other numbers just to see what they are holding when preseason scouting.
I imagine the guys diving deeper than the snorkel/hookah crowd will be most benefited by this change.
quote:Florida is a big place! Not limited to just the keys!
Originally posted by Post QuartermasterNeat idea, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many lionfish on any of our legal mini season spots in Marathon. Only place off the top of my head that I’ve seen more than the occasional 1 or 2 lionfish are on some of the illegal lobster hotels - we usually check out 1 or 2 that are near other numbers just to see what they are holding when preseason scouting.
I imagine the guys diving deeper than the snorkel/hookah crowd will be most benefited by this change.