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Red drum
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The red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), also known as channel bass, redfish, puppy drum or just red, is a game fish that is found in the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Northern Mexico. It is the only species in the genus Sciaenops.
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Red Drum usually occur along coastal waters. Three year-old red drum typically weigh six to eight pounds. The largest one on record weighed just over 94 pounds. When they are large they are called Bull reds but are only mature red drums and most people do not find them good to eat.
Mature Red Drum spawn in near shorelines. Juvenile red drum typically inhabit bays and coastal marshes until they reach maturity between 3 and 6 years of age.
The North Carolina General Assembly of 1971 designated the Red Drum as the official State Salt Water Fish. (Session Laws, 1971, c. 274; G.S. 145-6). [1]
President of the United States George W. Bush in an Executive Order on October 20, 2007 designated the Red Drum as a protected game fish. This prohibits sale of Red Drum caught in Federal waters and encourages states to consider designating Red Drum as a protected game fish within state waters.[2]
- Sciaenops ocellatus (TSN 169290). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 24 January 2006.
- Texas Parks and Wildlife
- "Sciaenops ocellatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. November 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
- ^ Official State Symbols of North Carolina
- ^ "Office of the Press Secretary" ("October 20, 2007"). ["http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071020-4.html" "Executive Order: Protection of Striped Bass and Red Drum Fish Populations"]. Press release. Retrieved on "October 21, 2007".