Tim Laman / Grouper holding pens, destined for the live fish trade to Hong Kong. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, May 2007

Michele Westmorland / Blacksaddle grouper (Epinephelus howlandi) with scuba divers in background, Palau, Micronesia.

Brandon Cole / Malabar Grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus), grows to 2m, Fiji, widespread tropical Indo-West Pacific oceans.

Georgette Douwma / Four-saddle grouper (Epinephelus spilotoceps) perched on coral rubble, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Shibai Xiao / Banded grouper (Epinephelus awoara) captive underwater in net with fisherman on bank looking down into water, Hainan Island, South China Sea, China.

David Fleetham / Giant Grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) on sea-bed, a rare visitor to Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Purple Rock Cod / Blue Maori / Blue Mori Cod / Speckled Blue Grouper / Speckled Grouper / Yellowfin Grouper (Epinephelus cyanopodus) among other reef fish. Bequ Laggoon, Fiji.

Tim Laman / Captive / farmed Grouper pens, destined for the live fish trade to Hong Kong, and hut of caretaker. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, May 2007

Tim Laman / A man tends Grouper holding pens, destined for the live fish trade to Hong Kong. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, May 2007

Tim Laman / At sea off the Fak Fak Peninsula, a lone fisherman in a canoe has caught a variety of fish including jacks, snappers, and groupers. Visible below the water, is a net holding a grouper he is keeping a...

Tim Laman / At sea off the Fak Fak Peninsula, a fisherman in a canoe caught a variety of fish including tuna, snappers, and groupers on a hand line. This is a good example of a healthy fishery. West Papua, Indone...

Tim Laman / At sea off the Fak Fak Peninsula, a fisherman in a canoe caught a variety of fish including tuna, snappers, and groupers on a hand line. This is a good example of a healthy fishery. West Papua, Indone...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Diver and Grouper fish (Ephinephelus sp.) off Corsica's Lavezzi, Mediterranean.