“A fishery independent sampling of fishes at Ship Shoal 209 (SS 209) based on collection of moribund fish resulting from the explosive removal of an obsolete gas rig revealed a proportionally large population of red snapper.
Existing scientific information, from published studies of FADs elsewhere or from fundamental understanding of fish aggregation and attraction, phenomena and processes, is not sufficient for understanding or predicting potential FADs effects of GOM DPS
The red snapper Lutjanus campechanus is a potentially large and long-lived species that can achieve ages approaching 60 years and weights of more than 22 kg.
The northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) off Louisiana and Texas currently produces significant portions of the commercial and recreational harvests of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus; however, this has not always been the case.
Simonsen, K. A., J. H. Cowan Jr., and K. M. Boswell
Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus, Poey 1860) support a valuable commercial and recreational fishery in the northern Gulf of Mexico; however there is much debate as to the role of habitat, particularly reef structures, in the feeding ecology o
Understanding the role that habitat plays in the life history of reef-associated fishes is particularly significant given the dramatic increase in the number of artificial reefs deployed in coastal ecosystems over the past 50 years.
Because of the increasing oil industry development in the Arabian Gulf, hundreds of oil and gas facilities have been installed in both offshore and inshore areas during the last few decades.
The Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus is a highly exploited commercial and recreational species that dominates the artificial reef systems in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
