Profile updated on 3 January 2023

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Lutjanus griseus

SPECIES NAME(s)

Grey snapper, Gray snapper, Mangrove snapper

The stock structure of the Grey snapper is not completely understood: a study 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), (Gold et al. 2009), 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 a single Assessment Unit in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.


ANALYSIS

Strengths
  • Management is based on results of peer-reviewed stock assessments, released with consistency throughout the years, and relative to explicitly defined biological reference points.

SCORES

Management Quality:

Management Strategy:

≥ 8

Managers Compliance:

10.0

Fishers Compliance:

10.0