In order to promote sustainable fishing of sponges in florida, commercial sponge divers must rather than hook the sponge fill in the blank

In order to promote sustainable fishing of sponges in Florida, commercial sponge divers must ___Cut rather than hook the sponge

Cutting the sponge ensures that the sponge will grow back again but hooking up remove the sponge permanently . In  this way we can use the sponge and also preserve the sponges for harvest able sponges in future.