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The Cayman News Service reports that the Cayman Marine Conservation Board has published a notice announcing that the Nassau grouper fishing ban in spawning areas during the spawning season has been extended for a further eight years; giving the endangered fish an opportunity to continue their recovery. REEF has been active in studying the grouper populations to provide data to groups that worked alongside the Department of Environment to secure the extension, as the existing prohibition was due to expire this month. The continuation of the ban was necessary to ensure that the last viable spawning aggregation in the Cayman Islands, located in the West End of Little Cayman, did not collapse.