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Distribution: Along with red grouper, most abundant grouper species in Florida waters. Can be found from Pensacola to Key West to Jacksonville. ... Size limit: 24 inches total length.
Nassau grouper Nassau grouper in Saba. The Nassau grouper has been depicted on postage stamps of Cuba (1965, 1975), the Bahamas (1971 5-cent), and Antigua and Barbuda (1987 40-c). The threats to the grouper include overfishing, fishing during the breeding period, habitat loss, pollution, invasive species, and catching undersized grouper.
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.
Scamp are the most numerous grouper in areas of living Oculina reefs at depths between 70 and 100 metres (230 and 330 ft) off the eastern coast of Florida. [4] It has been suggested that scamp prefer areas of high topographic complexity as they are relatively small in size and they can use overhangs, ledges and caves to shelter from predators ...
The gag grouper [3] [4] [5] ... In the offshore waters between North Carolina and Florida, between 1976 and 1982, the sex ratio was found to favour females, with 84% ...
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They are the only grouper with 10 dorsal spines. They are dark reddish-brown or brownish-grey to almost black in color dorsally, and dull reddish-grey ventrally. They can very well exceed 8 ft in length. A 350 pounds (160 kg) specimen was aged at over 50 years by biologists with Florida's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
FWC cut the daily bag limit for dolphin, a fish also called mahi-mahi, from 10 to 5 per angler and 60 to 30 per vessel off Florida starting May 1.