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These days, the dusky grouper is a major predator in the Mediterranean Sea, generally growing to about two feet long. But that wasn’t always the case…and ancient mosaics provide a rare chance ...
Today fishers would be hard-pressed to find a dusky grouper that large and so close to the sea's surface. The fish, found throughout the Mediterranean, are endangered.
The Dusky Grouper, a gentle giant the target of many artisanal and sport-fishing activities, is still awaiting MEPA to finalise protection plans. A €70,000 action plan outlining measures to protect ...
Protection in the Medes Islands marine reserve started more than 25 years ago. Dusky grouper, zebra seabream and European seabass have practically reached their carrying capacity, whereas brown ...
The dusky grouper has been assessed as vulnerable globally, and endangered in the Mediterranean. “There is no doubt that its populations have been reduced substantially in comparison to ...
Commercial catches of bluefin tuna, sea bass, hake and dusky grouper are particularly threatened, said the study by the Swiss-based IUCN, an environmental network of 1,000 groups in 160 nations.
Following a process of consultation and agreement with the Fishing Working Group (which includes representatives of angling organisations) and the Nature Conservancy Council, the Department of the ...
An Italian marine biologist, Paolo Guidetti, is a specialist in the dusky grouper fish, which is native to the Mediterranean. Today, ...
He noted that by MEPA’s own admission, the dusky grouper is ‘particularly at risk locally’. The species is also listed in a raft of legislation annexes, such as Annex III of the SAP-BD Protocol of the ...
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A dusky grouper fish observed diving instructor's class while giving lesson to students under the water in Kas district of Antalya, Türkiye 'Whale Valley' in Egypt with more than 400 fossils of ...