Snapper season

[Montauk17]

Made me look it up....http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/faqs...er/biology.htm

As recently as 20 years ago, red snapper from the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) were thought to live only about 10-15 years; we now know them to be significantly long-lived compared to many familiar marine fishes. Spotted seatrout (specks) in Louisiana seldom survive past age 5, tunas are old at age 12, and redfish may live about 40 years at the maximum. The oldest red snapper reported in the scientific literature is an individual sampled in February 1991. This specimen, a female 53.6 years of age at time of capture, was actually hatched before World War II and survived to “see” the dawn of the atomic age, the first man on the moon, and the technological boom of the late 20th century.

[bluewing]

10, 15, 20 years old fish it doesn't matter, they have an over population. You can't drop a line in the gulf and not catch one.

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by bluewing

10, 15, 20 years old fish it doesn't matter, they have an over population. You can't drop a line in the gulf and not catch one.

that is what I asked him about but he said that although the snapper population is recovering it is not back to where it needs to be to sustain an increase in the limit. Mainly because the a certain percentage of the population needs to be over a certain age to produce enough offspring to sustain the population

[bluewing]

got ya. makes sense

[Ratdog]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

Made me look it up....http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/faqs...er/biology.htm

As recently as 20 years ago, red snapper from the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) were thought to live only about 10-15 years; we now know them to be significantly long-lived compared to many familiar marine fishes. Spotted seatrout (specks) in Louisiana seldom survive past age 5, tunas are old at age 12, and redfish may live about 40 years at the maximum. The oldest red snapper reported in the scientific literature is
an individual sampled in February 1991. This specimen, a female 53.6 years of age at time of capture, was actually hatched before World War II and survived to “see” the dawn of the atomic age, the first man on the moon, and the technological boom of the late 20th century.

Nice.

[YellowMouth7]

Great educational post....Thanks