Florida to ban chumming off beaches to lure sharks

“Personally, I would strongly prefer to not be in the water where folks are ringing the dinner bell for the ocean’s ultimate predator.”

Florida is reportedly moving toward a statewide ban on “chumming,” or the practice of fisherman dumping blood into the ocean along beaches to lure sharks.

The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is expected to implement the ban later this month.

LINK (via: The Hill)

The FWC also wants fisherman to stop taking photos with sharks.

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