Federally Managed Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish
Federally Managed Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish
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These are the species federally managed by the Fishery Management Plan for Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. The table includes the status of the stock and most recent assessments from the Southeast Data and Assessment Review (SEDAR) or the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Overfishing Status |
Overfished Status |
Most recent assessment or
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Family Balistidae – Triggerfishes |
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Balistes capriscus |
N |
N |
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Family Carangidae – Jacks |
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Seriola dumerili |
N |
Y |
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 lesser amberjack |
Seriola fasciata |
N |
Unknown |
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 almaco jack |
Seriola rivoliana |
N |
Unknown |
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 banded rudderfish |
Seriola zonata |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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Family Labridae – Wrasses |
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 hogfish |
Lachnolaimus maximus |
N |
N |
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Family Malacanthidae – Tilefishes |
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Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps |
N |
N |
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Caulolatilus microps |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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goldface tilefish |
Caulolatilus chrysops |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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Family Serranidae – Groupers |
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Mycteroperca microlepis |
N |
N |
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Epinephelus morio |
N |
N |
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 scamp |
Mycteroperca phenax |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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Mycteroperca bonaci |
N |
N |
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yellowedge grouper |
Hyporthodus flavolimbatus |
N |
N |
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 snowy grouper |
Hyporthodus niveatus |
N |
Unknown |
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speckled hind |
Epinephelus drummondhayi |
N |
Unknown |
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 yellowmouth grouper |
Mycteroperca interstitialis |
N |
Unknown |
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yellowfin grouper |
Mycteroperca venenosa |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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 warsaw grouper |
Hyporthodus nigritus |
N |
Unknown |
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Epinephelus itajara |
N |
Unknown |
SEDAR 47 2016As a protected species, the ACL is set at zero and benchmarks do not reflect appropriate stock dynamics |
Family Lutjanidae – Snappers |
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 queen snapper |
Etelis oculatus |
N |
Unknown |
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 mutton snapper |
Lutjanus analis |
N |
N |
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 blackfin snapper |
Lutjanus buccanella |
N |
Unknown |
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Lutjanus campechanus |
N |
N |
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 cubera snapper |
Lutjanus cyanopterus |
N |
Unknown |
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 gray snapper |
Lutjanus griseus |
Y |
Unknown |
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 lane snapper |
Lutjanus synagris |
Y |
Unknown |
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 silk snapper |
Lutjanus vivanus |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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 yellowtail snapper |
Ocyurus chrysurus |
N |
N |
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Rhomboplites aurorubens |
N |
N |
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wenchman |
Pristipomoides aquilonaris |
N |
N |
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Seafood Facts
Seafood News
A Mylar balloon on the shoreline of Santa Rosa Island off the coast of California. Credit: Courtesy of NOAA Marine Debris Program
Photo credit: Christine Hochkeppel, christinehochkeppel.com
Port of Dutch Harbor and the village of Unalaska in the Aleutian Chain on the edge of the southeastern Bering Sea. Dutch Harbor the largest fishing port by volume in the U.S. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Paul Hillman.
Volunteers build an oyster reef from recycled oyster shells (Photo: Galveston Bay Foundation)