The second annual Goliath grouper season doesn’t open until next spring — March 1 to May 31 — but if you want a license to harvest one of these big boys, you need to apply in the next two weeks. The ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/NSF) – A plan to lift a three-decades old ban on the catching and killing of goliath grouper in Florida continues to move forward as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Despite being related to the humble freshwater perch, the Atlantic goliath grouper grows to be huge – up to 8 feet long (2.4 m) and 800 lb (363 kg). Scientists have recently learned more about its ...

Fog enveloped palmetto trees in a peaceful haze as the sun poked over the eastern tree tops on a humid spring morning in southwest Florida. A single osprey perched on the edge of its nest, defiantly ...

Goliath groupers on the wreck of the Zion about 90 feet deep off Jupiter in 2009. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission agreed in March 2022 to a limited, highly-regulated harvest of ...

A man got the catch of a lifetime -- all while in his kayak! John Black from Cape Coral caught a 552-pound Giant Goliath Grouper in his kayak while fishing in Sanibel, Florida. The fish was 83 inches ...

The state is allowing for the harvest of a massive reef fish again this year. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is allowing a limited take of Goliath grouper in March, and ...

“You work your whole life in the ocean for a moment like this,” Tallboy Fishing Charters Captain Richard Pollitzer said after snaring an incredibly massive and rare fish. During a recent expedition in ...

The Florida wildlife commission lifted a 32-year ban on killing goliath grouper Thursday, in a decision that received strong support from the fishing community and intense opposition from ...