(CN) — Fisheries targeting coral reefs north of the Maldives could be jeopardizing the health of squaretail grouper populations by scaring fish away from their mating sites, according to a new study ...

The Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), a large-bodied top predator, was once the most abundant and commercially important fish in the Caribbean. Each winter, the groupers gather en masse at ...

Populations of squaretail grouper face an uncertain future as new research shows fishing that targets their spawning sites is causing males to be repeatedly scared away from their territories during ...

Image caption: Nassau grouper spawning aggregation off Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Each winter off the western tip of the Caribbean island of Little Cayman, thousands of endangered Nassau grouper ...