Current Management
There is no current management of this species nor is it federally listed as endangered, although some states have reported it as threatened (South Dakota, Delaware, and Pennsylvania). In the early 1900s, the longnose gar was considered destructive and worthless predators and was thought to be destroyed. Many people feared them based on their spooky appearance of a long mouth filled with teeth and armor like scales as well as their diet consists of anything that will fit in their gape. This decrease as well as over fishing, habitat loss, construction of roads and dams, pollution, and any other role humans play in the alteration of aquatic systems are the main reasons for the decline of the gar.
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