Waste of life

The Suncoast Tarpon Roundup, which last year accounted for 94 PERCENT of the tarpon reported killed in Florida, has abandoned plans to move to an all-release format and will continue to kill tarpon when it starts May 21.

Why kill these prehistoric giants? All in the name of money? It's bad enough this tournament alone constitutes 94 PERCENT of reported kills in Florida! Tarpon have enough to deal with from the likes of hammerheads and bull sharks after being released from a long fight.

In this day and age how can people not recognize the importance of catch and release in an aquatic ecosystem.

And if you are going to continue to be a deadly tournament, at least take off the sponsors who only supported you years before because you intended on becoming a catch and release tournament.