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The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is responsible for the conservation and management of many species found in Federal waters in the south Atlantic region. For example, a total of 73 species of fish are included in the Snapper Grouper management complex. Click the link for a list of managed species. Click on the links below for more information on each species.
 Common nameSpecies nameMore InfoRegulationsFMP
Gray triggerfishBalistes capriscusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Almaco jackSeriola rivolianaFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Atlantic spadefishChaetodipterus faberFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Banded rudderfishSeriola zonataFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Bank sea bassCentropristis ocyurusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Blackfin snapperLutjanus buccanellaFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Black grouperMycteroperca bonaciFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Black margateAnisotremus surinamensisFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Black sea bassCentropristis striataFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Bigeye tunaThunnus obesusFishBase
SAFMC
NMFSHighly Migratory Species
Black snapperApsilus dentatusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Bluefin tunaThunnus thynnusFishBase
SAFMC
NMFSHighly Migratory Species
BluefishPomatomus saltatrixFishBase
SAFMC
ASMFC
MAFMC
Bluefish
Blueline tilefishCaulolatilus micropsFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Blue marlinMakaira nigricansFishBase
SAFMC
NMFSHighly Migratory Species
Blue striped gruntHaemulon sciurusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
CeroScomberomorus regalisFishBaseSAFMC
GMFMC
Coastal Migratory Pelagics
CobiaRachycentron canadumFishBaseSAFMC
GMFMC
Coastal Migratory Pelagics
ConeyEpinephelus fulvusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Cubera snapperLutjanus cyanopterusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Dog snapperLutjanus jocuFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
DolphinfishCoryphaena hippurusFishBaseSAFMCDolphin Wahoo
French gruntHaemulon flavolineatumFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Gag grouperMycteroperca microlepisFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Golden crabChaceon fenneriSERTCSAFMCGolden crab
Golden tilefishLopholatilus chamaeleonticepsFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Goliath grouperEpinephelus itajaraFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
GraysbyEpinephelus cruentatusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Gray snapperLutjanus griseusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Greater amberjackSeriola dumeriliFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
HogfishLachnolaimus maximusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Jolthead porgyCalamus bajonadoFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
King mackerelScomberomorus cavallaFishBaseSAFMC
GMFMC
Coastal Migratory Pelagics
Knobbed porgyCalamus nodosusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Lane snapperLutjanus synagrisFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Lesser amberjackSeriola fasciataFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Little tunnyEuthynnus alletteratusFishBaseSAFMC
GMFMC
Coastal Migratory Pelagics
Mahogany snapperLutjanus mahogoniFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
MargateHaemulon albumFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Misty grouperEpinephelus mystacinusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Mutton snapperLutjanus analisFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Nassau grouperEpinephelus striatusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Ocean triggerfishCanthidermis sufflamenFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
White shrimpLitopenaeus setiferusSERTCSAFMCShrimp
Pink shrimpFarfantepenaeus duorarumSERTCSAFMCShrimp
Brown shrimpFarfantepenaues aztecusSERTCSAFMCShrimp
Rock shrimpSicyonia brevirostrisSERTCSAFMCShrimp
Queen snapperEtelis oculatusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Queen triggerfishBalistes vetulaFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Red drumSciaenops ocellatusFishBase
SAFMC
ASMFCRed drum
Red grouperEpinephelus morioFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Red hindEpinephelus guttatusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Red porgyPagrus pagrusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Red snapperLutjanus campechanusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Rock hindEpinephelus adscensionisFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Rock sea bassCentropristis philadelphicaFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
SailfishIstiophorus platypterusFishBase
SAFMC
NMFSHighly Migratory Species
Saucereye porgyCalamus calamusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
ScampMycteroperca phenaxFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
SchoolmasterLutjanus apodusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
ScupStenotomus chrysopsFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Sharksseveral speciesFishBaseNMFSHighly Migratory Species
SheepsheadArchosargus probatocephalusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Silk snapperLutjanus vivanusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Snowy grouperEpinephelus niveatusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Spanish mackerelScomberomorus maculatusFishBaseSAFMC
GMFMC
Coastal Migratory Pelagics
Speckled hindEpinephelus drummondhayiFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Spiny lobsterPanulirus argusFWCSAFMC
GMFMC
Spiny Lobster
SwordfishXiphias gladiusFishBase
SAFMC
NMFSHighly Migratory Species
Tiger grouperMycteroperca tigrisFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
TomtateHaemulon aurolineatumFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Vermilion snapperRhomboplites aurorubensFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
WahooAcanthocybium solandriFishBaseSAFMCDolphin Wahoo
Warsaw grouperEpinephelus nigritusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
WeakfishCynoscion regalisFishBase
SAFMC
ASMFCWeakfish
Whitebone porgyCalamus leucosteusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
White gruntHaemulon plumieriFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
White marlinTetrapturus albidusFishBase
SAFMC
NMFSHighly Migratory Species
WreckfishPolyprion americanusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Yellowfin tunaThunnus albacaresFishBase
SAFMC
NMFSHighly Migratory Species
Yellowmouth grouperMycteroperca interstitialisFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Yellowtail snapperOcyurus chrysurusFishBaseSAFMCSnapper Grouper
Yellowedge GrouperEpinephelus flavolimbatusFishbase Snapper Grouper
Yellowfin Grouper   Snapper Grouper
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