Nassau grouper migration patterns during full moon suggest collapsed historic fish spawning aggregation and evidence of an undocumented aggregation
Many fish species migrate to form fish spawning aggregations. The temporal and spatial predictability of these migrations and spawning aggregation locations makes species vulnerable to overfishing, as the majority of an adult population within a large region may be harvested quickly with minimal effort.
Integrating population biology into conservation management for endangered Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus
Groupers are a phylogenetically diverse group and include many ecologically and
economically valuable predatory marine fishes that have experienced drastic population declines.
Reproduction via spawning aggregations increases the vulnerability of grouper species such as
Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus to overfishing, and this is likely to be a major contributing
factor to population declines.
Multiyear Tracking of Nassau Grouper Spawning Migrations
This article focuses on the long distance spawning migrations of Nassau grouper in The Bahamas.
