I grew up in South Florida and we always had red snapper or grouper. Recently I was visiting my sister in Ft. Lauderdale and went to a meat market and honestly all their fish was from other countries. The only U.S. fish I saw was catfish. Ft. Lauderdale is on the Atlantic. You would think they would be able to get fresh fish from there.
Many of us used to go to the meat market for snapper.
I grew up in South Florida as well.
On a visit not too long ago we went to one of the drift fishing docks. I hadn’t been to one in decades. I remembered them having dozens and dozens of fresh caught fish on display. This time, they had about 6.
“Not a very good day?” I asked.
“Actually, today was pretty good.” he replied.
I think years of overfishing are taking their toll.
“You would think they would be able to get fresh fish from there.”
But, you would think wrongly.
The fish are there, but catching them is now banned in most cases. BigGub did for “sustainability”, using ‘reearch data’ provided by the well known BigBub bureau-scientist, Dr. Scam I. Am.