Florida fish and wildlife officials Wednesday proposed new regulations to ban all fishing within 1,000 feet of three known goliath grouper spawning sites in South Florida. The rules ban fishing from ...

What's over 8 feet long and can hit 800 pounds? Did we mention you can grab your fishing pole to catch one? There is a size limitation. Florida FWC accepts applications for limited-harvest of goliath ...

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 ...

The largest grouper in the Atlantic Ocean is so big that it can eat a four-foot-long shark in one gulp and makes noises so loud that nearby scuba divers feel an effect much like a sonic boom. These ...

Jonathan Earhart of Hobe Sound has been catching and releasing goliath grouper since he began fishing Florida waters as a young boy. For the past decade, the fishing guide has steered clients to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Three decades after being placed on a list prohibiting the harvest and possession of goliath grouper, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation commission is considering a plan to allow a limited ...

The goliath grouper is a fish with few natural enemies. Growing to over 300 pounds, up to 6 feet in length and possessing an underwater sonic boom as a super power, these fish are so formidable, not ...

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story contained inaccurate information. It has since been corrected. Florida fish and wildlife officials Wednesday proposed new regulations to ban all fishing ...