FORT MEYERS, Fla. (AP) — Some fishermen and divers are encouraging Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to allow harvesting of goliath grouper.

The Fort Meyers News-Press (http://newspr.es/XRQeD8 ) reports that the state’s goliath grouper population has rebounded since the fishery was closed 25 years ago because of over fishing.

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