Can you eat a Nassau grouper?
This fish is considered an important food fish throughout the Caribbean and in the West Indies. Hook and line as well as traps are the main methods used to capture the Nassau grouper. The flesh is primarily marketed as fresh, however there have been reports of ciguatera poisoning from human consumption of this fish.
What class is Nassau grouper?
Ray-finned fishes
Nassau grouper/Class
How many Nassau groupers are there?
Over a third of spawning aggregations have been estimated to have disappeared, and the grouper is considered to be commercially extinct in some areas. The current population is estimated to be more than 10,000 mature individuals, but is thought to be decreasing.
Are Nassau grouper endangered?
Endangered (Population decreasing)
Nassau grouper/Conservation status
Can you keep a Nassau grouper?
The Nassau grouper is a reef fish. Currently, all harvest of Nassau grouper is prohibited in the United States. Because their range exceeds national borders, the best approach to their conservation is regional closed seasons. Nassau grouper is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Which months is it illegal to harvest the Nassau grouper?
Just a quick reminder that Nassau grouper are off limits for fishing from December 1st to February 28th throughout The Bahamas.
Can you fish for Nassau grouper?
It was easy for commercial and recreational fisherman to catch Nassau grouper and it soon became scarce. The remaining stocks are overexploited. In some cases, Nassau grouper is commercially extinct through much of its geographical range. Currently, all harvest of Nassau grouper is prohibited in the United States.
Where can I catch Nassau grouper?
Nassau grouper are found in tropical and subtropical waters of the western North Atlantic. This includes Bermuda, Florida, Bahamas, the Yucatan Peninsula, and throughout the Caribbean to southern Brazil.
How do Nassau grouper reproduce?
At the aggregation sites, these fish reproduce by a method known as broadcast spawning, where females release eggs and several males release sperm into the water column above deep reefs all at the same time.
Where can the Nassau Grouper be found?
Can you keep a Nassau grouper in Florida?
Nassau grouper are mostly absent from the continental United States—except Florida, where larger juveniles and adults have been recorded.
