People who fish in Florida and in federal waters are required to have special gear on board to help ensure groupers, snappers and other reef fish survive when they're returned to the water.
University of Miami Marine Sciences student Lauren Hayes with her catch, a 7 or 8 pound mutton snapper, which was released and returned to its reef habitat more than 100 feet below the surface.
University of Florida marine fisheries specialist Angela Collins says when reef fish that spend their time in deep water are brought to the surface, the gases in their bodies expand, sometimes greatly. But it's also important to get the fish back down to its habitat on the bottom, 100 feet or more below the surface. Collins attaches something called a descending tool to the undersized mutton snapper. It's a weight she clips to the fish's lower lip before lowering it slowly back into the water."This just shoots him down really fast," she says."It's closed until this gets to 100 feet. And it pops open. And that just basically lets the fish swim off.
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