Healthful Mediterranean Dining Never Tasted So Good
...inds Bonefish Grill culinary leaders traveling the globe in search of traditional and unique varieties of fish such as Icelandic Arctic Charr, Florida grouper and Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon at the peak of their seasons. A tantalizing array of sauces and original toppings are made daily using the freshest in...Global Warming Could Increase Exotic Fish Poisoning
...damage that pollution and global warming are inflicting on the coral reefs where many fish species feed. Dozens of popular fish types, including grouper and barracuda, live near reefs. They accumulate the toxic chemical in their bodies from eating smaller fish that graze on the poisonous algae. When oc...Marine Reserves Protect Coral Reefs
... the right conditions to allow this to happen. Interestingly, once parrotfish reach a length of around 28 cm, they become too big for even the largest grouper to swallow. This 'escape' from a risk of predation means that most reserves are unlikely to reduce the amount of grazing even after the number of pred...Twenty of world's 162 grouper species threatened with extinction
The first comprehensive assessment of the world’s 162 species of grouper, a culinary favorite and important commercial fish, found that 20 are threatened with extinction unless proper management or conservation measures are introduced. Eight species previously were listed by the World Conservation ...Troubled waters: Low Apalachicola River flow may hurt gulf fisheries
... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Reductions in the flow of the Apalachicola River have far-reaching effects that could prove detrimental to grouper and other reef fish populations in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, according to a new Florida State University study that may provide new ammunition ...Historical photographs expose decline in Florida's reef fish, new Scripps study finds
...published in the Endangered Species Research journal, McClenachan employs similar methods to document the decline of the globally endangered goliath grouper fish. "These results provide evidence of major changes over the last half century and a window into an earlier, less disturbed fish community" McC...Genetics reveals big fish that almost got away
... Meros do Brazil discovered a new species of fisha grouper that reaches more than six feet in length and can ...sts have thought that Pacific and Atlantic goliath grouper were the same species, and the argument was settle...or of the study. Because the two populations of grouper are identical in body form and markings, they were...FISH-BOL: NOAA researchers help build a global reference library of DNA barcodes
... large specimens that are difficult to bring back from the field. And it can positively identify fishery products like fish fillets so you know if the grouper you ordered in a restaurant is really grouper." For fishery managers and researchers, barcoding can legally verify identifications of fishes caught...Coral reef fish harbor an unexpectedly high biodiversity of parasites
...pinephilus maculates, a fairly abundant species of grouper off New Caledonia, was parasitized by 12 species o... evidence of this parasite species richness in two grouper species of the New Caledonian coral reef. The n...) at Noumea first studied Epinephelus maculatus, a grouper species commonly called loche grisette and quite c...How marine reserves are giving coral reefs a helping hand
... the right conditions to allow this to happen. Interestingly, once parrotfish reach a length of around 28 cm, they become too big for even the largest grouper to swallow. This 'escape' from a risk of predation means that most reserves are unlikely to reduce the amount of grazing even afterthe number of preda...Deep treasure to be found in Oculina Bank
...al breeding grounds for commercially important populations of gag and scamp grouper as well as rock shrimp. The reefs' location directly under the Gulf Stream ...urther restrictions including prohibition of bottom fishing for snapper and grouper species. However, surface trolling for species such as dolphin, tuna, and s...