By DAVID RAINER, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
The Great Red Snapper Count, utilizing new sampling gear and methods, estimated that far more iconic red snapper are in the Gulf of America than traditional assessment methods had indicated. A team of marine scientists used the same methodology to conduct the recent Greater Amberjack Count that produced similar results.
Dr. Sean Powers, Director of the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the University of South Alabama (USA), headed up the study that involves a dozen research entities from the south Atlantic and across the Gulf. On a break from his judging duties at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (ADSFR) on Dauphin Island, Powers shared the findings of the multi-year study.
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