The stock structure of the Grey snapper is not completely understood: a study of Gold et al., (2009) mentioned that are three distinct groups (one from the northwestern Gulf, one from the northcentral/northeastern Gulf, and one from the east coast of Florida) while other study referred that there is a single stock in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (Ebelt, 2007). While the stock structure is not clarified, this profile refers to the Northern Gulf Mexico Management Unit.