Many exploited reef fish are vulnerable to overfishing because they concentrate over hard‐
bottom patchy habitats. How mobile reef fish use patchy habitat, and the potential …

Populations of gag (Mycteroperca microlepis), a hermaphroditic grouper, have experienced
a dramatic shift in sex ratio over the past 25 years due to a decline in older age classes. The …

We used otolith analyses of juvenile gag, Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode and Bean, 1879)
settling in seagrass beds along the west Florida coast over a 4-yr period (1994 through …

Prey‐specific gastric evacuation rates and digestion state indices were modelled for gag
Mycteroperca microlepis, a large warm‐temperate grouper, consuming meals of either …

The spatial relationships and relative contributions of known juvenile gag Mycteroperca
microlepis habitats to specific fishery grounds and populations along the Florida west coast …

The term spawning aggregation was first formally defined in 1997. Since that time, the
original definition has been cited over 200 times and modified definitions proposed …

Abstract The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is a valuable ecosystem both socially and economically,
and fisheries contribute substantially to this value. Gulf menhaden, Brevoortia patronus …

Over 84 reef fish species are commercially exploited by US fisheries in waters surrounding
Florida and require management actions that promote sustainable resources. The Florida …

Groupers are part of the most targeted species in the world, by both artisanal, commercial
and recreational fisheries. They are also found to be among the most endangered marine …

Marine populations have been fished since time immemorial (Roberts 2007). However, the
widespread development of fishing technologies in recent decades has led to an …