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Anybody else vacationing in Florida?
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<blockquote data-quote="traveler" data-source="post: 55804"><p>I think the problem goes a bit deeper than fisherman. Commercial shark fishing has been banned for some years now. Therefore the population has grown. Commercial netting of mullet has also been stopped. Their population as shark food has also grown. Put the two together and you have more sharks chasing more bait fish (mostly in the surf). There are always unintended consequences to all changes made by man, even those that seem to be good ideas at the time. Here in Florida, the gator population was frighteningly reduced some years back. A ban on commercial bagging of these reptiles is still in place and their population has grown enourmously. There are now just too many gators in our lakes. Last summer had quite a few more gator/human attacks too. </p><p> </p><p>By the way, the majority of shark attacks occur in knee deep to waist deep water!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traveler, post: 55804"] I think the problem goes a bit deeper than fisherman. Commercial shark fishing has been banned for some years now. Therefore the population has grown. Commercial netting of mullet has also been stopped. Their population as shark food has also grown. Put the two together and you have more sharks chasing more bait fish (mostly in the surf). There are always unintended consequences to all changes made by man, even those that seem to be good ideas at the time. Here in Florida, the gator population was frighteningly reduced some years back. A ban on commercial bagging of these reptiles is still in place and their population has grown enourmously. There are now just too many gators in our lakes. Last summer had quite a few more gator/human attacks too. By the way, the majority of shark attacks occur in knee deep to waist deep water! [/QUOTE]
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