A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM student - SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights

A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM student - SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/ South Florida Shark Club | Shark Fishing Forum and History Discussion Board en-US Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:11:11 +0000 wpForo 60 Re: A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM stu https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/paged/2/#post-39406 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:36:51 +0000 Its more like big government The BIG picture is that out of all the people in the USA shark fishing there are probably less than 1,000 doing it annually and out of those 1,000 they are probably responsible for less than 1,00 total sharks caught - if you figured on the super extreme high side of things lets say that 50% of those died - your now talking about 500 dead sharks. Now the BIG question is how many days does it take for the long liners and net fishermen to kill 500 sharks. We are the smallest drop in the bucket and unless we stand our ground and stand together on the same platform we will be the easiest target for these radical groups... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt8hTayupE You are 100% right. We are the smallest "slice" of the pie chart, but we're the easiest to go after. Compared to the #1, #2, and #3 sources of shark fatalities, we are the smallest drop in the bucket. If all the effort to reduce the impact of the #5th biggest cause of shark fatalities, it will be like cutting $100 million from a $3.5 trillion dollar budget. To ever make a size able difference to a major problem, you have to always go after the #1 or #2 contributor to that problem, rather than going after the most convenient segment.

This one commercial catch probably kills more sharks then all the shark fisherman in Florida for the whole year combined! (however, this problem is rampant in healthcare also, where people blame the $6 tylenol pills or $80 syringe bags for the rising costs of healthcare rather than the #1 or #2 contributors to that problem)]]> SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights Jowels https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/paged/2/#post-39406 Re: A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM stu https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/paged/2/#post-35787 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:02:13 +0000 SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights mattshark3198 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/paged/2/#post-35787 Re: A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM stu https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/paged/2/#post-35757 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:30:55 +0000 slasherx i highly recommend that you not respond to this guys article about the cacth of your 14 ft hammerhead. From a guy who has dealt immensely with the media they will not write your story with good intentions. They will put you on record of the catch, and then accuse you as a idiot land base fisherman who broke rules and unknowingly killed a endangered species. He already has]]> SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights UKsharker https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/paged/2/#post-35757 Re: A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM stu https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35756 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:12:20 +0000 SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights mattshark3198 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35756 Re: A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM stu https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35748 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:03:39 +0000 http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p= ... ment-37323]]> SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights UKsharker https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35748 Re: A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM stu https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35609 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:59 +0000 Its more like big government - if they cant make people believe there is a problem they wont be given the research grants to study some stuff for the next few years whcih is where their salaries come from as well. The BIG picture is that out of all the people in the USA shark fishing there are probably less than 1,000 doing it annually and out of those 1,000 they are probably responsible for less than 1,00 total sharks caught - if you figured on the super extreme high side of things lets say that 50% of those died - your now talking about 500 dead sharks. Now the BIG question is how many days does it take for the long liners and net fishermen to kill 500 sharks. We are the smallest drop in the bucket and unless we stand our ground and stand together on the same platform we will be the easiest target for these radical groups. We have the facts, we have the experience, and we have the knowledge - in the long run knowledge is power. We fight smart and we will be catching sharks for a very long time - we act stupidly and it will be gone tomorrow. Lets use our heads and our organizations to stand tall and prouod and do what we love to do - lets do it the right way.]]> SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights sharkinsonny https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35609 Re: A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM stu https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35600 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:57:24 +0000

Also, the fish in my avatar was caught in September of 2010, so I'm legit
Thing is, you would be legit if you landed it yesterday. This clown doesn't seem to understand that concept. It was a great catch and release of a large hammer. Why isn't the guy happy with that ?

I would have loved to have caught a tiger yesterday :lol:

The guy isn't happy with it because I am not sure how much these people really care about sharks, it seems to me all this is more like an attempt to get their name out there in the scientific community and advance their careers.]]> SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights scout04 https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35600 Re: A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM stu https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35599 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:26:19 +0000

Also, the fish in my avatar was caught in September of 2010, so I'm legit

The guy isn't happy with it because I am not sure how much these people really care about sharks, it seems to me all this is more like an attempt to get their name out there in the scientific community and advance their careers.]]> SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights Tarpon J https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35599 Re: A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM stu https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35522 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:05:28 +0000 Also, the fish in my avatar was caught in September of 2010, so I'm legit

Thing is, you would be legit if you landed it yesterday. This clown doesn't seem to understand that concept. It was a great catch and release of a large hammer. Why isn't the guy happy with that ?]]> SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights charkbait https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35522 Re: A letter to a well meaning but misinformed young UM stu https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35521 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:46:59 +0000 ]]> SHARK CONSERVATION and Defending our Fishing Rights Tarpon J https://www.southfloridasharkclub.com/community/shark-conservation-and-defending-our-fishing-rights/a-letter-to-a-well-meaning-but-misinformed-young-um-student/#post-35521