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posts and more... Keep the Tags Bonefish & Tarpon Trust   Once
in a while, a proposal comes along in conservation circles that
makes you reflect on just how you define the goals you’re trying
to reach through such efforts in the first place. One of those
recently appeared in Florida.  At its meeting in Apalachicola
this past December, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) discussed creating game-fish and sport-fish
designations for several saltwater species. Florida has never
had an official saltwater game-fish or sport-fish designation.
The commission cited a number of reasons for considering these
changes, including protecting some of ­Florida’s premier
recreational fish, and encouraging anglers to adopt voluntary
conservation practices such as ­catch-and-release.   According
to this initial discussion, “game fish” status would mean no
commercial harvest, posses