Snapper

Snapper

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General

Coral reef fish

Coral reef fish is a term used for the often brightly coloured fish found in tropical or subtropical waters. Many are not commonly sold in Dutch shops and restaurants. Species in this category include parrotfish, snappers, lionfish and surgeonfish.

It is often difficult to determine how these fish were caught. In countries where these species occur, fisheries management is also often insufficient to monitor the stocks properly. Catches are poorly recorded and control of fishing techniques is limited. For example, fishing with explosives and cyanide sometimes takes place on and around coral reefs. This has disastrous ecological consequences for reefs, which are nurseries for the ocean.

There are many species of snapper on the market. Their colouration varies from red to greyish green. Red snapper is the most well known and a favourite species under consumers. Snappers are tropical or semi-tropical fish, found worldwide. Adult snappers live solitary around under water structures as reefs, rocks and oil platforms. Juveniles are often found in schools in shallow waters, and find safety from predators in mangroves forests. On average they reach 60-160 cm and weigh 3-60 kg. Red snapper is one of the smaller snapper species reaching up to 60 cm length and 3 kg.

Snapper

Lutjanus spp.

Origin

Worldwide

Farming- / Catch method

All catch methods

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Fish stocks and fishing pressure

Ecosystem effects

Fishery management

Final assessment

Explanation assessment

There are lots of snapper species, but the most commonly caught species is red snapper. Although there is limited information on catches and the size of the stockStock:
The fish of a particular species reproducing in the same area in the same period. , it is known that snapper species are overfishedOverfished:
A stock is overfished when the stock size has decreased so far that it can no longer produce a maximum sustainable yield. The size of the fish populations is insufficient to reproduce in the long term. in many countries.

Snapper are common near or around coral reefs. Many of the fishing methods used to catch snapper have a major impact on this habitat. Colorful and vibrant coral reefs are turned into underwater graveyards, devoid of life, pale and vulnerable to erosion by waves.

There is almost no managementManagement:
The regulations surrounding fisheries and aquaculture that ensure that production is carried out within legal frameworks and that sustainability can be assured. for the international fishery for snapper. Catches are barely recorded and no (precautionary) measures are taken to prevent overfishingOverfishing:
There is so much fish caught that the size of the stock has diminished so far that it can no longer produce a maximum sustainable yield. The size of the fish populations is insufficient to reproduce in the long term. . The managementManagement:
The regulations surrounding fisheries and aquaculture that ensure that production is carried out within legal frameworks and that sustainability can be assured. of this species is not effective.

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Coral reef fish

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