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You mean that annual event called red tide?

I wonder if they can count otolith rings like they do for fish? There probably is some sort of (posthumous) dating method short of Carbon 14 that would work on this gentleman (assuming, of course, he agrees to such things).

You do not need a license to carry a gun in Florida, but there are restrictions on how to carry (i.e., to carry a ready weapon you need a concealed weapons permit). Also, that's not an example I gave. I was talking about licensing the equipment, not the person. You don't need ANY registration or background check. I can easily buy from a complete stranger. There are gun shows ALL THE TIME where this is very actively encouraged.

Regarding licenses, note that I didn't even mention licenses of people. I was talking about equipment registration. Anyway, that analogy works, too. You don't need a shooting license (equivalent to a drivers license) to various reasons, but it's not all-inclusive. In short, it's a lot easier to own and operate a hand gun than to own and operate a car. But, quite honestly all that was beside my point which was simple, and honestly your analogy is kind of a strawman and I'm simply answering it in kind: as a gun rights activist, don't make the analogy to car death rates unless you're willing to accept the continuance of the analogy to registration. You can see by the responses here that most gun rights activists can't stomach that.

The Florida Fish & Wildlife site is your friend & helper: http://myfwc.com/license/wildlife/nuisance-wildlife/

"Gun/Light at Night Permit

This permit authorizes a landowner or their designee to take depredating wildlife (beaver, bobcat, fox, possum, rabbit, raccoon, or skunk) at night with a gun and light. The permit is not required to take wild hog, coyote, armadillo, black or Norway rat, and house mouse, with a gun and light during non-daylight hours.

Hunting and trapping wild hogs is not only a popular sport in Florida but a useful tool in man's attempt to control feral populations on private and state lands. Nuisance wildlife trappers that want to shoot or trap feral swine on private lands do not need FWC authorization. Permission of the landowner is all that is required. A permit is not required to take wild hog with a gun and light during non-daylight hours."

I used to think of Florida as a boring Disneyland vacation place. Now it is sounding like an exciting shoot-the-varmints vacation place.

Making it legal to sell snake meat would help too.

Yeah, but before you chow down on some snake, read the Florida Fish and Wildlife site: http://myfwc.com/license/wildlife/nonnative-species/python-permit-program/

"Permit holders may sell the hide and meat, thus providing a type of compensation (note: Burmese pythons from Everglades National Park have been found to have very high levels of mercury and may not be recommended for human consumption)."

They have a season like everything else. You used to have to enter a lottery to get a permit for them, but that isn't the case anymore.

Here is some info on alligator hunting from the FWC.

http://myfwc.com/WILDLIFEHABITATS/Alligator_hunt.htm

The other is to improve the design of the propeller to make it more efficient while lessen the drag

there are several collisions of marine life with props, such as manatees. since redesign of the prop is being considered, why not consider a wildlife safe, efficent redesign