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Spinycheek grouper

Epinephelus diacanthus

Spinycheek_grouper

Epinephelus

Diacanthus

Spinycheek grouper

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Snapper/Grouper

Used for reduction (feed) purposes

Groundfish

33 Miscellaneous coastal fishes

Near threatened (NT)

2008-01-01

http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/132777/0

"Epinephelus diacanthus is listed as Near Threatened. Population decline (A4d) over much of its range inferred from expanding trawl fisheries into deeper water and apparent overexploitation of juveniles and adults in shallower water. Also vulnerable to net fisheries because of aggregating behavior and insufficient management. More up to date information on its abundance, biology, age-and-growth and management practices is recommended before it disappears due to unsustainable exploitation (especially the trawling fishery)."