FOX 13's Jason Wright takes us to the Tarpon Aquarium where one woman is doing a research project on the intelligence of the Goliath Grouper.

Photos by Scott Mackenthun, special to The Free Press Goliath groupers are a draw to southwestern Florida. Their unmatched power make them a popular traveling angler’s target.

Goliath groupers have sharp teeth that help them grab their prey, which they swallow whole. They eat octopus, crustaceans, stingrays, other fish, and young sea turtles.

The largest grouper in the Atlantic Ocean is so big that it can eat a four-foot-long shark in one gulp and makes noises so loud that nearby scuba divers feel an effect much like a sonic boom ...

When asked if there should be no harvest of Goliath grouper or whether the state should allow a limited harvest of Goliath grouper, 59 percent responded to keep the fish off limits to harvest.

Isaac Francis was night fishing with high school classmates at a Sarasota beach when he reeled in a goliath grouper measuring nearly his height.

Jonathan Earhart is among the first fishermen to legally catch and cook the Goliath grouper since the fishing was protected in 1990.

Many Florida anglers know the Goliath grouper as the creature that rises from the depths and steals their catch off their line. But few know what it’s like to reel in this highly protected fish ...

Fishermen can apply to obtain one of 200 goliath grouper fishing permits that will take effect next March.