A couple of months each year, groupers (Epinephelidae) gather in the hundreds and even thousands to mate under the full moon. This concentrated nature and short duration of mating, however, renders ...
A 2025 study published in Coral Reefs found that the Nassau grouper spawning aggregation at Northeast Point on Glover's Reef ...
Evolving technology over the past 25 years has been helping marine scientists monitor and manage Nassau groupers spawning ...
Image caption: Nassau grouper spawning aggregation off Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Each winter off the western tip of the Caribbean island of Little Cayman, thousands of endangered Nassau grouper ...
The Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), a large-bodied top predator, was once the most abundant and commercially important fish in the Caribbean. Each winter, the groupers gather en masse at ...
(CN) — Fisheries targeting coral reefs north of the Maldives could be jeopardizing the health of squaretail grouper populations by scaring fish away from their mating sites, according to a new study ...
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story contained inaccurate information. It has since been corrected. Florida fish and wildlife officials Wednesday proposed new regulations to ban all fishing ...
The researchers developed the method specifically for the Gulf corvina, a popular fish in Mexico’s Gulf of California Marine scientists have discovered a way to use the incredibly loud, distinctive ...
Groupers produce distinct sounds associated with courtship, territoriality or reproduction. An autonomous mobile wave glider and passive acoustics were deployed to survey two marine protected areas on ...