Innovative tagging technique may help researchers better protect fish stocks
...rs to study the population dynamics of grouper and snapper in the waters around the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea. Through a new technique known as TRAnsgenerational Isotope Labeling (TRAIL), the researchers will introduce an artificial taga stable isotope of bariuminto the tissues of mature fema......popular game fish mistaken by scientists for a dog snapper is actually a new species discovered among the ree...ounced the discovery of Lutjanus alexandrei, a new snapper species that belongs to the Lutjanidae family, by researchers Rodrigo Moura of Conservation Internat......ctions including prohibition of bottom fishing for snapper and grouper species. However, surface trolling for species such as dolphin, tuna, and sailfish is still allowed in the Experimental Closed Area and the larger HAPC since it poses no threat to the reefs. "The [SAFMC] has led the nation in managing...