Tampa Bay Times

How Florida’s Amendment 2 could affect hunting and fishing

By Nina Moske,

2024-06-24

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3qpUPi_0u1gaQLz00 — A seagull flies by as people fish at the Sunshine Skyway northern fishing pier on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 in St. Petersburg. The right to fish and hunt will be on the ballot as a constitutional amendment in November. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]

Florida voters will decide in November whether to enshrine fishing and hunting as a constitutional right.

Backers of Amendment 2, including outdoors groups, say the proposal will protect Florida’s cultural heritage from “anti-hunting” threats.

Opponents say it could permit “objectionable” hunting practices and lead to unnecessary wildlife deaths. Groups like the Animal Law Section of the Florida Bar and Sierra Club Florida have come out against it.

Here’s what to know.

What would the amendment do?

Florida statutes already recognize the right to fish and hunt as a “valued part of the cultural heritage of Florida.”

The amendment would “preserve forever fishing and hunting, including by...

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