Oh My Grouper, Look at that Shark!

RussC

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Sep 11, 2015
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Merit 22- Oregon lakes
:yikes: now that's a "wait for it" video moment for sure :)
 
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May 12, 2004
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Hunter Cherubini 30 New Port Richey
Put a swordfish steak on the grill. YUM!
I wonder how big those fish really were.
 

SFS

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Aug 18, 2015
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Currently Boatless Okinawa
The text said the sailfish carcass was about 2.5 meters. The shark taken was a dogfish. Just a quick and dirty - what does a one meter grouper weigh?

My only experience is with very small ones in FL, and very large ones (2.5 meters, 600 pounds) in Micronesia.
 
Oct 31, 2012
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Hunter 2008 H25 Lake Wabamun
Funny that these marine scientists call life in the oceans “Systems”. I hope we aren’t labeled the same way by sociologists.
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Jul 27, 2011
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Bavaria 38E Alamitos Bay
The text said the sailfish carcass was about 2.5 meters. The shark taken was a dogfish. Just a quick and dirty - what does a one meter grouper weigh?
Around 30 lb. However, that was not a grouper. It was an Atlantic wreckfish.
 
Jul 27, 2011
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Bavaria 38E Alamitos Bay
Funny that these marine scientists call life in the oceans “Systems”. I hope we aren’t labeled the same way by sociologists.
:cool:
I think the word system here refers to the trophic system, i.e., the “food chain.” In this case, a scavenging system where the fishes and other animals on the deep-sea floor receive a major part of their diet from consuming, i.e., scavenging, deadfalls from the surface and upper mid-waters. As opposed to an active predatory trophic “system.”