[Coral-List] 2. Proposed Killing of Goliath Grouper (Sarah Frias-Torres)

[Alina Szmant]

Gene:

 that a mainstay of Goliath grouper diet is Panulirus argus is no justification for killing them. Instead we should stop overfishing the lobster.  The lobsters eat the snails that eat the corals (what few are left). So to help corals survive stop eating lobster especially the large ones that can crack open the shells of the large Corallophila (probably misspelling genus name, sorry).

Alina



Dr. Alina M. Szmant,  CEO
CISME Instruments LLC



-------- Original message --------
From: Eugene Shinn via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Date: 9/24/21 2:10 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: [Coral-List] 2. Proposed Killing of Goliath Grouper (Sarah Frias-Torres)

Does anyone know of any justification for taking Goliath Grouper? I know
they eat Florida Lobster but that is all I can think of. Gene

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