The FWC uses workshops to gauge public opinion. If the proposal passes, 200 goliaths will be killed every year.

Goliath groupers are ecological engineers whose survival is critical in maintaining a balanced and healthy marine ecosystem. Their presence holds the system together, creating diversity and abundance all around them. Goliaths are listed as a vulnerable species, which means they are predisposed to several threats such as overexploitation, poaching, habitat loss, and other environmental factors that are likely to place them back on the IUCN's critically endangered list unless the circumstances that threaten their survival are improved.

This year, several giant goliaths have died due to red tide, which doesn't account for the dead fish that never made it to shore. The survival of juveniles goliaths is contingent on mangrove habitats where they spend the first five years of their life. We have lost one-third of our mangrove habitats.

Goliath workshop link. https://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/rulemaking/workshops/

If you cannot attend the workshop, please voice your opposition to the killing of goliaths via the FWC's public comment form. https://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/rulemaking/saltwater-public-comments/

Attend the FWC's Commission Meeting in March 2022 https://myfwc.com/about/commission/commission-meetings/

At the April 2018 FWC meeting, goliaths were on the agenda. Almost the entire meeting room was full of people opposing the proposal. Fifty-six people spoke during the comment period. Only two of the fifty-six people who spoke favored the proposal (the American Sportfishing Association and the Coastal Conservation of Florida).

2018 commission meeting/vote on Goliaths https://thefloridachannel.org/videos/4-26-18-florida-fish-wildlife-conservation-commission-part-1/

Please continue sharing our petition that has garnered over 65,000 signatures from people who value goliaths and want to protect them. https://www.change.org/p/fwc-deny-proposal-for-limited-harvest-of-the-critically-endangered-goliath-grouper

Thank you for taking action!