Red porgy  (Pagrus pagrus)

This Endangered species is of great interest to commercial fisheries in certain parts of its distribution (4). For example, it is one of the most important fishes taken by the Moroccan fishing fleet (4), and the second most important species for coastal bottom fisheries in the Azores (5). There is some evidence that this exploitation is having a negative effect on red porgy populations; for example in southern Brazil, trawl fishing during the 1970s left red porgy stocks over-exploited (10).

In some areas of its range, fishery regulations exist for the red porgy. For instance, off the southern coast of the United States there is a size limit in place, a ban on the sale or purchase of red porgy between January and April (an important spawning period), and limits to how many can be caught during a fishing trip (11).