skip to main content

Gentle Giants: Goliath Grouper

3 minutes 32 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (change)

Goliath groupers are the largest of the groupers in the Atlantic basin. They were once so overfished in the Southeastern United States, they were considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. Thankfully, a dedicated group of marine scientists worked to prompt NOAA to ban all of their harvest. This action in the early 1990s gave the grouper time to recover and gave scientists time to learn more about this fish.

Media Details

Runtime: 3 minutes 32 seconds

Two cartoon characters looking up with open mouths. Caption: (Moki) It's not only a big fish; it's also sleepy too.
Johan: The Young Scientist
Episode 12
13 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
A warthog with long tusks curving towards its body and leathery skin covered in mud. Caption: we can see that each has a beauty all its own.
Nature
Season 26 / Ep 4
30 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A woman with a painting pallet and a paintbrush. On her painting there are two clown fish. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 15
13 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Close up of an anglerfish on the ocean floor with a flat belly, an ovoid, spiny body, and a rod protruding from its head. Caption: distinguished by the rod protruding from its head
Creatures of the Deep
Episode 1
58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Mass of twisting, turning arms with tiny sharp hooks. Caption: Basket stars are able to grow their limbs back
Creatures of the Deep
Episode 2
52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Large, light colored bathysaurus swimming along the bottom of the ocean. Caption Indonesian waters. Caption: (male narrator) This creature was found 6900 feet deep in the ocean.
Creatures of the Deep
Episode 3
53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A close up of a fish against a dark backdrop. Closely set fins and spots on face. Caption: Its skeleton is made of cartilage.
Creatures of the Deep
Episode 4
53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A hammerhead shark, seen from below. Caption: (narrator) Bull sharks, tiger sharks, and hammerheads.
Crittercam
Season 1 / Ep 9
23 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two people standing next to a long, rectangular indoor pool full of small fish. In the background there are many other pools. Caption: They'll be about two years old when we release them
Curiosity Quest
Season 5 / Ep 12
25 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Close up of several small orange fish swimming in the water. Caption: The most well known group of fresh water tropical fish
44 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12