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21 Mexico 03 Sep 09
 

Grouper spawning aggregations in Alacranes Reef, Mexico

Grouper spawning aggregations are under investigation in Alacranes Reef, the largest reef platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico located 140 km off the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Following a…

22 Fish Spawning Aggregations of Mexico: 03 Sep 09
 

Workshop a great first step to aggregation management

Very little is known of fish spawning aggregations (FSAs) in Mexico although there are a number of reports and anecdotal accounts. The…

23 West Africa: SENEGAL 03 Sep 09
 

First reported grouper spawning aggregation in Senegal

The information in this article was provided to the author by Cyril Calendini, a charter boat captain and fisherman in Dakar, Senegal. It is based largely on personal interviews…

24 USA: Goliath 04 Sep 09
 

Grouper Aggregation and Spawning Research in SE Florida

The Florida Oceanographic Society conducted a preliminary Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) monitoring project during the full moon of September near Jupiter, southeast Florida. The research focused on corroborating the reports…

25 INDO– PACIFIC: Australia 04 Sep 09
 

Dispersal, connectivity and marine reserves on the Great Barrier Reef

Researchers from James Cook University in Australia are currently undertaking a reef fish tagging project within the Keppel Island group in the southern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP). The…

26 AUSTRALIA: Grey Mackerel 04 Sep 09
 

line fishery failed in World Heritage Waters of Far North Queensland

In 2006 this newsletter reported that a pre-spawning aggregation of grey or broad-barred mackerel (Scomberomorus semifasciatus) was being targeted by commercial offshore netters in sheltered, inshore World Heritage Area…

27 USA: The Gulf Corvina 04 Sep 09
 

A thriving fishery on a fishing aggregation in the Upper-Gulf of California

The Gulf Corvina (Sciaenidae: Cynoscion othonopterus) is endemic to the Gulf of California and every year migrates to the Upper Gulf region to spawn in the delta of…

28 PERSPECTIVES 04 Sep 09
 

Can spawning aggregations be used as indicators of reef fisheries?

Of the wide range of coastal fisheries associated with coral reefs around the world, many exploited species that are valuable and vulnerable to fishing are known to form spawning aggregations.…

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