A beautiful fish, saw them all the time. Huge and Majestic. Why did Florida change the name?
2007-03-15 09:46:36 · 8 answers · asked by photoguy1967 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
The name pissed off all those old jews in southern Florida.
2007-03-15 12:27:56 · answer #1 · answered by Angry-T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Name issues: The goliath grouper was once known as the jewfish, but the Committee of Names of Fishes of the American Fisheries Society changed the name in 2001 after receiving a petition that claimed “jewfish” was offensive to Jews.
2007-03-15 11:39:53 · answer #2 · answered by 'HUMVEE' 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I suspect the name "Jewfish" sounded antisemantic. However, if they're big and beautiful it seems like something I might want to have named after me. I'm not Jewish, but it's just that there are so few things named after middle-aged white chicks.
2007-03-15 09:54:57 · answer #3 · answered by Behaviorist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was intended to be Politically and Socilly correct. Not to inrage any group of people.
2007-03-16 15:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by redskinshort 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just one more thing that provoked the modern hyper-sensitivity,in other words politically correct.
2007-03-17 15:35:06 · answer #5 · answered by ravalli_5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are from Flori--DUH!!!
These people can't even Vote! Let alone name fish.
2007-03-18 06:32:25 · answer #6 · answered by Christopher Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont see the need for a name change
but they did
politics
2007-03-16 16:11:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Idk maybe jews think jewfish is disrespectful like the indian mascots
2007-03-15 09:50:35 · answer #8 · answered by Smartest Man Alive 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋