Age and growth of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, from the northern Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana*

By Charles A. Wilson, D. Nieland. 2001

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Red snapper management in the Gulf of Mexico: science- or faith-based? (2011, unknown): “Although the oldest fish aged in this study was 45 years (Fischer et al. 2004), other reports have documented red snapper ages [50 years old (Render 1995; Baker et al. 2001; Wilson and Nieland 2001, ages 54, 53, and 55 years respectively ).”
A Life History Review for Red Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico with an Evaluation of the Importance of Offshore Petroleum Platforms and Other Artificial Reefs (2009, methodology): “In the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf), red snapper mature at age 2 and can live for over 50 years (Szedlmayer and Shipp, 1994; Render, 1995; Wilson and Nieland, 2001).”
Otolith science entering the 21st century (2005, background): “Included in this category were a broad suite of studies that used the annual growth pattern in the otolith to estimate the longevity and growth rate of a population or species of fish (Wilson and Nieland 2001; Laidig et al. 2003).”