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11-05-2017, 01:28 PM | #31 | |
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Re: Goliath grouper workshops scheduled in Florida from July 31, 2017 to October 18,
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My issue with the Malinowsky study is that 1: Its a outlier with a small sample size and 2: Compared to many other fish, Goliath groupers are pretty average. And I am well aware of what a ad hominem is. But agian that is not my argument. My argument with PETA was to show the false information being spread by the organization which influenced the public perception. I myself believed mercury was very dangerous and Goliath groupers are very very high in mercury. I am not comparing the Malinowsky study to PETA and even in my original messages referenced each group in separate posts. I made that difference very clear. I think you simply misunderstood me. Last edited by rowow; 11-05-2017 at 01:30 PM. Reason: Edited #2 reason against the Malinowsky study |
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11-05-2017, 07:26 PM | #32 | |
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Since Chris et. al. are getting data which is 3 or 4 times higher than published for the GG samples... then that definitely seems important. I'm sure they will publish it - along with an estimate on the safe size to eat of course. I would expect that since their data is far, far different from published data that they are running some split samples and sending them to people like Tremain, so that there is no question about the validity of their protocols and results.
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11-07-2017, 09:50 PM | #33 |
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http://oceana.org/sites/default/file...eportFINAL.pdf
"Highest mercury levels in individual samples were from the two king mackerel (3.97 and 3.56 ppm), followed by a cobia (ling) (3.24 ppm). These were the only samples over 3 ppm mercury. " http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...nalCode=utaf20 Mercury in individual fish ranged from 0.01 to 3.3 mg/kg. Approximately 23% of all grouper samples analyzed contained mercury at concentrations that exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's methylmercury consumption guidance criterion for humans (0.3 mg/kg). Found some better studies which show various other fish species with mercury levels around 4ppm. Cobia and king mackerel were found with levels close to 4ppm. So if you want to avoid eating Goliath groupers due to that small chance, then you should also avoid these, and basically any top predator/pelagic species. However Cobia is a highly targeted species by spearos and I haven't meet anyone with minamata disease thus far from eating 1 cobia or mackerel... |
11-08-2017, 12:56 PM | #34 | |
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Rowow, you forgot to answer this question in my post 24.
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11-08-2017, 01:14 PM | #35 |
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No I cannot sex a Goliath grouper and I dont see how it makes a difference?
Can you tell the difference between a high mercury vs low mercury cobia/mackeral/tuna? I thought the premise of your argument was low vs high levels of mercury. Not the average mercury levels of a fish. Yes the average of a male is much higher, however there are still some females with high levels of mercury. Your argument is based off that one in a hundredth possibility of getting a high mercury fish. However regardless of whatever you look at (mean, low/high) at the end of the day various other fish have similar levels of mercury as goliath grouper yet are a highly targeted fish. So can you answer my questions. 1. Are you now going to stop eating any species of fish which as any chance of having a 3ppm or greater mercury level? If not then whats the difference between Goliath groupers and these other species of fish? 2. Can you provide any health effects to a grown adult male from eating a couple serving of a fish that has 3ppm or higher mercury levels? |
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Do the math yourself. I come up with about 1/3 pound per month based on the mean mercury level. Using Max mercury level is smaller. What is your calculation result? |
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11-11-2017, 11:26 AM | #37 | ||
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See the attached paper below and note the composition of his sample quoted below. Note that the mean age is only 4.42 years old in Doug's study which could be one possible reason for lower a mean mercury level in that the high presence of juveniles might have skewed the mean mercury level lower than the FSU results. Also, the areas where these animals resided and died may have less mercury in the environment than the areas sampled by the FSU Marine Lab. What do you think of these possible explanations? Tony Quote:
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11-11-2017, 03:22 PM | #38 | |
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11-11-2017, 04:24 PM | #39 | |
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Discussion of "mean Concentration" in a particular tissue type is pretty meaningless unless you specify the length of the specimen. BTW, the published study does provide the regression necessary to estimate the safe size of GG. Hg = -0.226+ 0.000894*TL So, as best I can determine, any discussion of the potential health effects of GG consumption needs to include the size of the fish eaten. Size is of overwhelming importance. The published data seem to support the idea that small GG are SAFE to eat.. more so than some other commercially harvested species of typical legal size. You agree, right? The FSU pdf presentation includes r squared values but no regression formula. Wonder why if the intent is to protect the health of fisherman? It does raise an interesting point however, in that the currently proposed harvest which is under consideration includes a slot size and by doing so, excludes the taking of the fish with the least health risks. I wonder if the slot size was chosen to avoid the taking of large specimens with high Hg content? Especially since the taking of very large specimens would be helpful in generating the size versus age distribution.
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11-11-2017, 07:31 PM | #40 | |
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"Smaller individuals with less mercury could be fished—I agree with this point and spelled it out in detail in the last section of our final report. GGs from about 2.5 ft to 4 ft (immatures) could be fished and the population could be monitored to determine allowable take using surveys already in place done by the Everglades National Park—namely their creel survey. So, these smaller GGs would have acceptable mercury levels, could be easily managed, and they taste much better that large old fish. Also fishers shouldn’t complain because that size range encompasses fish from about 10 lbs to 80 lbs." FYI, Tony |
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Hmmm...I see the troll has sowed discord.
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Next, this is the smallest goliath I laser measured offshore of Jupiter last year which was 4 feet 6 inches. Smaller animals are very hard to find offshore around Florida, especially in the Palm Beach County area where you fish. Lastly, this slide summarizes the total length recommendation in Koenig's 2016 paper referenced above in my post 40. Thus, one fundamental flaw with FWC's proposed take is the mercury safe size animals which are juveniles DO NOT reside offshore around the state of Florida. They primarily reside near the juvenile habitat off the South West Coast of Florida which is why the Everglades Creel surveys are referenced as a very good way to monitor the status of the juvenile population, especially if there are more cold-kill events like the big one in 2010. Here is an FWC slide about Life History Habitats with the slide notes below. Above Slide Notes Quote:
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11-12-2017, 10:57 AM | #43 |
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Jim, I hope this approach to a future Goliath Harvest targeting juveniles only makes sense to you. Of course, such a harvest should only be done when the population has recovered. That gets us into the 2016 Goliath Grouper Stock Assessment about which I am currently awaiting answers from FWRI to a series of questions and comments I have recently submitted to those FWC scientists. Cheers, Tony[/size][/quote] Thanks for looking up and providing the regression line I referenced - as well as a reiteration of the proposed FWC slot size. I had no idea that Koenig had prepared an alternative, much smaller slot size. Why would you say you hope only I would think a juvenile harvest might work? Isn't that EXACTLY what Koenig is presenting in that slide? I'm really confused? If we step back and look at it objectively, the presentation you provided from FSU makes an attempt to show that eating GG is unsafe. However, it seems that there is a general consensus that smaller GG are safe to eat from a mercury content perspective. I didn't see that point being emphasized in the FSU presentation which was based on the unpublished data. If the FWC is intent on promoting recreational fishing, a sustainable harvest and not promoting the introduction of meat into the food supply that is "too" high in mercury content, then it may make sense to allow the harvest of the smaller fish - regardless of what habitat they reside in. I too see very few small GG on the reefs locally, however I have taken small ones on the reef a long time ago and I remember seeing one when diving off your boat in 80 feet - several years ago. Do you oppose Dr. Koenig's idea of a much smaller slot size?
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I added the following quotation marks to clarify the word only modifies the prior words as follows: I hope this approach to a future "Goliath Harvest targeting juveniles only" makes sense to you. . Last edited by SpearMax; 11-12-2017 at 01:17 PM. |
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Jim, you seem to be operating in a mercury driven vacuum looking at the trees instead of the forest. I do not oppose Koenig's idea of a much smaller slot size which is safer for the mercury issue. But, you appear to be overlooking another major flaw in the FWC Take proposal which is the implication they assert in the notes to the slide below presented to the Commissioners at the Crystal River Meeting I attended earlier this year that "the stock could be already recovered (although results are highly uncertain)." This slide was used over and over again in the many Goliath Grouper Workshops around the State of Florida presumably to imply to the attending public: "the stock could be already recovered (although results are highly uncertain)." Jim, do you believe the stock is recovered? Above Slide Notes Quote:
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