I left something out, Skyway Scott caught it. Spearing Jewfish, Goliath Grouper is illegal in Florida*. I quit spearfishing when I was 16 and am largely oblivious of current regulations. Thanks for setting me straight on this.
I can recall diving John Pennekamp State Park when I was 15 and seeing Jewfish and large grouper all over the place within the preserve. They really didn't mind divers all that much either, you could almost touch them at times. Poachers cleaned them out in successive years though, a big loss for all of us.
Choices, some have bigger ramifications than others.
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http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/edu/spea...g_brochure.pdf