TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The goliath grouper spawning aggregation happens annually from July through October. 8 On Your Side’s Amanda Holly went diving off the east coast of Florida to see the gathering ...
Swimming in the ocean is an incredible experience, with astonishing surprises for even the most seasoned divers. Take the goliath grouper, for example — these enormous fish are both awe-inspiring and ...
They are big, heavy, and divers adore them: The goliath grouper, a colossus of a fish, lives off the coast of Boynton Beach in Florida, though scientists warn their numbers are down since the US state ...
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — New images from an old shipwreck show the wreck is bubbling over with life. Last year, researchers determined that a shipwreck off of St. Augustine was indeed the Cotopaxi, a ...
Forget diving with sharks. Off the coast of Florida, near Jupiter, you can dive among groupers the size of a refrigerator. This area is the epicenter of the Atlantic Goliath Grouper aggregation, its ...
Many Florida anglers know the Goliath grouper as the creature that rises from the depths and steals their catch off their line. But few know what it’s like to reel in this highly protected fish, let ...
The reason the grouper season closes for four months beginning on Jan. 1 along the Atlantic coast is because black, red and gag grouper congregate offshore as they go through their mating ritual. That ...
WITH MY FORECAST IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. TIFFAN THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION WILL ALLOW THE KILLING OF GOLIATH GROUPER FOR THE FIRST TIMINE MORE THAN 30 YEARS. >> THREE DECADES AFTER THE ...
When Blake Leigan and Matt Craft started checking out spots in 50 to 60 feet of water north of the Egmont Channel by Tampa Bay’s Egmont Key last weekend, they couldn’t believe the amount of fish they ...
MICHELLE:EW N TONIGHT, YOU COULD SOON CATCH GOLIATH GROUPER. JIM: FOR THE LAST THREE DECADES, FLORIDA HAS BANNED CATCHING AND KILLING THEM. BUT WILDLIFE OFFICERS SAY THERE’S BEEN A REBOUND IN GOLIATH ...