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GOLIATH GROUPER

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources,
Office of Marine Fisheries

is working with

Florida State University
Institute for Fishery Resource Ecology
which is sponsoring a Tagging Hotline

NOTICE TO FISHERMEN AND DIVERS


     Adult Tag

    
Juvenile Tag  

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS FISH?
GOLIATH GROUPER
(the fish formerly known as jewfish).

If you see a tagged or untagged fish, please email:

ifre@bio.fsu.edu

or write

Dr. Felicia Coleman
The Institute for Fishery Resource Ecology
Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1100

When you contact us, we need the following information from you:

  • Name, address, phone number, e-mail
  • Fish’s location, depth, and date seen
  • Fish’s estimated total length, weight
  • Tag number and photo if possible

 
 

DO NOT REMOVE TAG

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO HARVEST

GOLIATH GROUPER ARE PROTECTED BY LAW

YOUR HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED

For more information, see http://www.bio.fsu.edu/ifre/ifre_research_jewfish.html
 

 
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