Snapper How long do they Live For

[redspeckle]

In this weeks Bayside Weekly Magazine Artlice on Snapper
its says the Snapper grow up to 130Cm's in lenght and in weight to 19.5 kg average 9.5 and live for 14 to 15 yrs old
start breeding at 3yrs average catch is around one kg mark
and squire is a junville
I thought they live up to forty years so that's my [smiley=huh2.gif]
Mitch :o

[gawby]

Growth rates are quite slow, a 10 kg adult is probably 20 years old, and a fish at the maximum size of 1.3 m long and 20 kg is probably 50 years old. Sexual maturity is reached at about 30 cm long and a small percentage of the males will actually turn into females at puberty. Anglers are advised not to take immature fish, so as not to reduce breeding stock. The legal size in Australia varies by state, from 25 cm in Queensland to 41 cm in Western Australia.

This took a little bit of digging up but i think it will answer your question.

The size limits are a little out of date.

Graeme ;)

[BrandonH]

Grame the size limit in QLD is 35cm not 25 ;) don't know if that was a typo or a Very old doco on limits :o :o

I think this is still too small for them... 40cms would be a better mark, let a few bread a couple more times before becoming dinner ;)

Lol and thats comming form someone whos PB squire is 38cms :'( :'(

Cheers N
Tight Lines

Brandon...

[gawby]

Brandon,

Yes it is an old doc i dug up out of the Melb Museum, i think it was.

I agree with you about a bigger size to.

Graeme ;)

[griz066]

They grow pretty old and pretty ugly

[redspeckle]

[smiley=dankk2.gif] for the Replies
I was only out by ten years and the Bayside Weekly Magazine was 35 years out
Gee got the the right their Griz066 as you said They grow pretty old and pretty ugly by that photo they shore do
But to me they are one of the pretties fish and they taste dam good
Mitch ;)

[rtranter]

Almost a clown fish with a face like that.
NSW min length 30cm, to small 35+ maybe 40 would be good.
Regards
Rob

[ramrod]

The wikipedia also states the qld legal size for squire is 25 cm's.

I am confused what is the legal size for squire in qld

[lenthals_barra]

its 35cm