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The Gulf Grouper - Mycteroperca jordani by Martha Thompson
  The Gulf Grouper 
Subject: Mycteroperca jordani
Dimensions (inches): 25 x 40
Medium: Watercolor
Description: Gulf Groupers , Mycteroperca jordani, in sea mount in the Gulf of California, showing the different color/patters that they change into as they go by one another and sometimes as they go by divers. The Gulf Grouper are highly targeted because of their large size and excellen tasting white meat. Sport, spear and commercial fishing has driven this species to be endangered.
In Baja California, according to Sáenz-Arroyo et al. (2005a) stated M. jordani comprised 45% of the total state finfish production between 1959 and 1960. By early 1972, the percentage had dropped to 6%. More recent estimates suggest that M. jordani comprises less than 1% of the total finfish catch.
Based on a questionnaire interview of 108 randomly selected fishers from three generations in 11 fishing communities of central Baja California in 2002, it was found that old (~ 55 years old) fishers caught up to 25 times as many M. jordani as younger (15 to 30 years old) fishers on their best-ever fishing day.
To know more about its conservations status go to: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14049/0

La baya (garropa, mero baya), Mycteroperca jordani, en un bajo en el Golfo de California, mostrando sus colores/manchados diferentes que cambian cuando pasan uno al lado de otro o a veces cuando pasan cerca de un buzo. La baya es altamente buscada por su gran tamaño y el excelente sabor de su carne blanca. La pesca deportiva, de arpón y comercial han empujado a esta especie al peligro de extinción.
En Baja California, de acuerdo a Sáenz-Arroyo et al. (2005a) se declaró que M. jordani constituía el 45% de la producción total estatal de pescado de aleta entre 1959 y 1960. Para los principios de 1972, el porcentaje había bajado al 6%. Más recientes cálculos sugieren que M. jordani constituye menos del 1% de la pesca total de pescado de aleta.
Basado en un cuestionario de una entrevista de 108 pescadores seleccionadas al azar de tres generaciones en 11 comunidades pesqueras en el centro de Baja California en el 2002, se encontró que los pescadores más viejos (alrededor de 55 años) pescaron 25 veces más M. jordani que lo que los pescadores jóvenes (15 a 30 años) pescaron en el mejor día de pesca de toda su vida.
Para saber mas sobre su estado de conservación ve a: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14049/0

 
Original Available For Sale: No

Limited Edition Available: Yes
Details: Limited edition. All prints ordered are printed using top quality, acid-free,100% cotton rag paper and Epson's UltraChrome Pigment Inks.

Edition Size: 200
Price: $450.00 US

 

 
   

 
 
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