Bud Freeman, University of Georgia professor emeritus and former director of the Georgia Museum of Natural History, spoke with GPB about the discovery of new species of bass in Georgia and South Carolina.
After decades of work, a study classified two new species of bass: Bartram’s Bass and the Altamaha Bass. Freeman pointed out that these bass aren’t new at all.
“It’s important to say that these are old species with their own evolutionary trajectory,” Freeman said. “People didn’t put them there.”
Freeman said that’s important from a preservation perspective, but it also gives anglers something new to catch in Georgia.