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Cape Coral, Florida, man in kayak reels in 552-pound Goliath Grouper
wptv ^ | May 27, 2015

Posted on 05/27/2015 7:49:36 AM PDT by JoeProBono

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To: mc5cents

In Australia, they pronounce it the same, but “adjusted” the spelling to Dhufish.


21 posted on 05/27/2015 8:37:15 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: JoeProBono

Goliath Grouper are protected, aren’t they? Are they the same as the giant grouper that used to be called Jewfish?


22 posted on 05/27/2015 8:39:09 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed

Yes, confirmed: Jewfish.


23 posted on 05/27/2015 8:43:00 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed

From what I hear, that is the politically correct name for Jewfish. As for being protected, everything else except for unborn babies and Christians, so I don’t see why not.


24 posted on 05/27/2015 8:48:13 AM PDT by sport
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To: JoeProBono

The problem with protecting the Goliath is that large ones stake out a reef and devastate all the other fish except the smallest and fastest


25 posted on 05/27/2015 8:49:06 AM PDT by subterfuge (Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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To: JoeProBono

That one sure looks like my c.p.a .


26 posted on 05/27/2015 8:49:08 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: JimRed; subterfuge

The South Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico fishery management councils and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have formed a committee to discuss possibly allowing a limited recreational or scientific harvest of the grouper. The species has been limited to catch-and-release only fishing since 1990.

http://www.snookfoundation.org/news/38-general/667-goliath-groupers-harvest-them-or-protect-them.html


27 posted on 05/27/2015 8:54:54 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono; SgtBob; Chode

YIKES!!!


28 posted on 05/27/2015 8:55:21 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
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To: al baby


29 posted on 05/27/2015 9:11:09 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

You owe me a key board and my nose hurts from carbonation backflow


30 posted on 05/27/2015 9:30:18 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: JoeProBono

‘Looks dead to me. But I’m sure the kayaker feels manly.


31 posted on 05/27/2015 10:00:01 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: JoeProBono

Thanks Joe!


32 posted on 05/27/2015 10:51:22 AM PDT by subterfuge (Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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To: JoeProBono

The larger the fish, the more biomagnification of the toxin.


33 posted on 05/27/2015 3:21:15 PM PDT by gasport (Immigration reform means arriving in air-conditioned comfort.)
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To: gasport
Right. That's why I stick to sardines.


34 posted on 05/27/2015 3:42:58 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: onedoug

If it was dead what was making it’s tail flop around and splash water on the guy?


35 posted on 05/28/2015 5:15:23 AM PDT by gopheraj
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To: JoeProBono

Pelagic fish are never a problem.

Reef fish eat the dinoflagellate and accumulate the toxin.


36 posted on 05/28/2015 9:19:42 AM PDT by gasport (Immigration reform means arriving in air-conditioned comfort.)
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37 posted on 05/28/2015 9:24:16 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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