[Coral-List] The SCUBA diving community supports Goliath Grouper protection

[Matt Nolan]

Is there a way to tag them en mass?

How about a federal law that says there is no "take" for creatures
individually identified as being involved in a scientific study.

Personally I feel there should be some legal doctrine if they have
been caught once they belong to
the first catcher if the first catcher registers them in some fashion.
People who want creatures to live should have the
 same flesh ownership rights available to them as people who want to kill them.

Agencies could collect "live" fees instead of kill permit fees.
They get those fees plus be able to collect huge fines from people who
poached the tagged creatures.



On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Sarah Frias-Torres
<sfrias_torres at hotmail.com> wrote:
> To Coral-Listers interested in Goliath Groupers...
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> .... the plot thickens.
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> Now, the recreational SCUBA diving community asks FWC to continue protection of Goliath Groupers in Florida.
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> Here are two letters sent to FWC
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> >From the President and CEO of the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA)
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> https://grouperluna.com/2017/08/10/dema-supports-science-based-goliath-grouper-protection/
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> and from a husband and wife team of long-time Florida SCUBA divers
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> https://grouperluna.com/2017/08/04/scuba-divers-want-goliath-groupers-protected/
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> Sarah Frias-Torres, Ph.D.
> Twitter: @GrouperDoc
> Blog: http://grouperluna.wordpress.com
> http://independent.academia.edu/SarahFriasTorres
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