Man Catches 300-Pound Fish
Gerson and his friends spent an hour trying to reel in the mysterious animal. They wondered if it was a shark, a grouper, or if they were reeling up the entire fishwreck under their boat. After an hour of sweating, the fish broke the surface: a massive goliath grouper.
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Atlantic goliath grouper
"They may reach extremely large sizes, growing to lengths of up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) and can weigh as much as 360 kg (790 lb)... Until a harvest ban was placed on the species, its population was in rapid decline. The fish is entirely protected from harvest and is recognized as a critically endangered "
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