> Huge groupers, the joy of Florida divers, are now 'vulnerable' / 33V942T
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Huge groupers, the joy of Florida divers, are now 'vulnerable' / 33V942T
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The goliath grouper, a colossus of a fish that can weigh up to 360 kilograms (nearly 800 pounds), is the delight of divers in Florida, though scientists warn their numbers are down since the US state allowed fishing of the giants to resume. "There's nowhere else you can have an experience with a fish that big while you're diving and being this close to it. And so, really, we feel that the fish is worth a lot more alive than it is dead," says Dr. James Locascio, a marine biologist with the Mote Marine Laboratory. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES