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Snapper Grouper Complex Species
Snappers	Groupers		Triggerfish	Grunts	Sea Basses
Blackfin snapper	Black grouper	Wreckfish	Gray triggerfish	Cottonwick**	Bank sea bass**
Cubera snapper	Coney	Yellowedge grouper	Ocean triggerfish**	Margate	Black sea bass
Gray snapper	Gag	Yellowfin grouper		Sailors choice	Rock sea bass**
Lane snapper	Goliath grouper*	Yellowmouth grouper	Jacks	Tomtate
Mutton snapper	Graysby		Almaco jack	White grunt
Queen snapper	Misty grouper	Porgys	Banded rudderfish
Red snapper*	Nassau grouper*	Jolthead porgy	Bar jack	Spadefishes
Silk snapper	Red grouper	Knobbed porgy	Greater amberjack	Spadefish
Vermilion snapper	Red hind	Longspine porgy**	Lesser amberjack
Yellowtail snapper	Rock hind	Red porgy		Wrasses
	Scamp	Saucereye porgy	Tilefishes	Hogfish
	Speckled hind*	Scup	Blueline tilefish
	Snowy grouper	Whitebone porgy	Golden tilefish
	Warsaw grouper*		Sand tilefish
Harvest prohibited * Ecosystem component species (not subject to annual catch limits or management measures)

Table 1. Eastern boundary coordinates for the seasonal black sea bass pot closure from November 1 through 30 and April 1 through 30 each year.

Point	N. Latitude	W. Longitude	Point	N. Latitude	W. Longitude
1	35° 15’	State/EEZ Boundary	19	33° 06’	78° 31’
2	35° 15’	75° 09’	20	33° 05’	78° 40’
3	35° 06’	75° 22’	21	33° 01’	78° 43’
4	35° 06’	75° 39’	22	32° 56’	78° 57’
5	35° 01’	75° 47’	23	32° 44’	79° 04’
6	34° 54’	75° 46’	24	32° 42’	79° 13’
7	34° 52’	76° 04’	25	32° 34’	79° 23’
8	34° 33’	76° 22’	26	32° 25’	79° 25’
9	34° 23’	76° 18’	27	32° 23’	79° 37’
10	34° 21’	76° 27’	28	31° 53’	80° 09’
11	34° 25’	76° 51’	29	31° 31’	80° 33’
12	34° 09’	77° 19’	30	30° 43’	80° 49’
13	33° 44’	77° 38’	31	30° 30’	81° 01’
14	33° 25’	77° 27’	32	29° 45’	81° 01’
15	33° 22’	77° 40’	33	29° 31’	80° 58’
16	33° 28’	77° 41’	34	29° 13’	80° 52’
17	33° 32’	77° 53’	35	29° 13’	State/EEZ Boundary
18	33° 22’	78° 26’

Table 2. Eastern boundary coordinates for the seasonal black sea bass pot closure from December 1 through March 31 each year.

Point	N. Latitude	W. Longitude	Point	N. Latitude	W. Longitude
1	35° 15’	State/EEZ Boundary	15	33° 01’	78° 38’
2	35° 15’	75° 08’	16	32° 40’	79° 01’
3	34° 58’	75° 41’	17	32° 36’	79° 18’
4	34° 49’	75° 50’	18	32° 19’	79° 22’
5	34° 47’	76° 05’	19	32° 16’	79° 37’
6	34° 31’	76° 18’	20	32° 03’	79° 48’
7	34° 20’	76° 13’	21	31° 39’	80° 27’
8	34° 12’	77° 00’	22	30° 58’	80° 47’
9	33° 43’	77° 30’	23	30° 13’	81° 01’
10	33° 21’	77° 21’	24	29° 32’	80° 39’
11	33° 18’	77° 41’	25	29° 22’	80° 44’
12	33° 22’	77° 56’	26	28° 50’	80° 22’
13	33° 12’	78° 20’	27	28° 21’	80° 18’
14	33° 05’	78° 22’	28	28° 21’	State/EEZ Boundary
Source: Amanda Frick, NMFS SERO

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