Biologists Fish for Reasons Behind Endangered Grouper's Comeback
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 11:00
in Earth & Climate
In the waters along Florida's east and west coasts, Florida State University marine biologists are collecting new data on the once severely overfished Atlantic goliath grouper, a native species that is making a comeback in the southeastern United States after a 21-year moratorium on its capture while remaining critically endangered everywhere else in the world.
