- Last updated 4/13/2004
Factors for decline: The major threat to the Warsaw grouper is mortality as a result of fishing commercial fisheries for warsaw grouper are currently regulated in the south Atlantic; the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council considers the species.
- Red Grouper Epinephelus morio
Health of the Species Red Grouper joined the list of overfished species in the Gulf of Mexico in Fish Stock Assessment Panel find that the species is overfished , with the fishery currently overfishing the stock.
- 41433A FR Vol. 69, No. 131 Friday, July 09, 2004
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, finds that the need to immediately implement this action to close the fishery constitutes good cause to waive the requirements to provide prior notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the.
- Nassau Grouper Epinephelus striatus
Status: Overfished, candidate for Endangered Species Act listing, considered at risk of extinction by the American Fisheries Society.
- GROUPERS
dorsal spines E. morio art by Diane Peebles Warsaw Grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) A uniform brown in color, the Warsaw grouper has no spots or stripes to make it stand out from the crowd.
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