Reproductive biology and behavior associated with a spawning aggregation of the yellowfin grouper Mycteroperca venenosa in the US Virgin Islands
by Richard S Nemeth, Elizabeth Kadison, Nancy J Brown Peterson, and Jeremiah Blondeau

Based on size-frequency analysis and other metrics, scientists from the University of the Virgin Islands, University of Southern Mississippi, and NOAA, have concluded that the spawning population of yellowfin grouper at Grammanik Bank, a seasonallly closed area in the US Virgin Islands, appears to be stable at this time with existing regulations.

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