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They'll be getting grouper from their suppliers who are bringing it in from the Gulf of Mexico and international imports. The 133,075 pounds sounds like a lot, but it adds up fast.
The reason the grouper season closes for four months beginning on Jan. 1 along the Atlantic coast is because black, red and gag grouper congregate offshore as they go through their mating ritual.
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In the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the spawning season runs from late December through to April, peaking in February and April. After spawning the females move towards shallower waters with depths less than 30 metres (98 ft), while the males prefer waters of 50 to 90 metres (160 to 300 ft) [ 6 ] They maximum recorded age is 31 years.
The red grouper is a commercially important species for fisheries throughout its range and it is also an valuable resource for recreational fisheries too. [4] It is the most frequently captured grouper by commercial fisheries in the United States and in Mexico. [1] Red grouper caught off Key West in the Florida Keys.
The Atlantic goliath grouper or itajara (Epinephelus itajara), also known as the jewfish, [3] [4] is a saltwater fish of the grouper family and one of the largest species of bony fish. The species can be found in the West Atlantic ranging from northeastern Florida, south throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and along South ...
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The Gulf grouper typically lives for about 48 years. Female Gulf groupers become sexually mature at 6 years old when they can start reproducing offspring. The Gulf grouper is known as being protogynous hermaphroditic, which is when an organism matures as a female but later transitions into a male or vice versa.