Table 1.
Number of individuals sampled of Epinephelus marginatus in the local market and landing point of Bertioga (coast of São Paulo) and Copacabana (coast of Rio de Janeiro), Brazil.
| Month (2006/2007) | Bertioga | Copacabana |
| February | NS | 5 |
| March | NS | 1 |
| April | NS | 5 |
| May | NS | 1 |
| June | NS | 0 |
| July | NS | 1 |
| August | NS | 2 |
| September | NS | 2 |
| October | 2 | 0 |
| November | 14 | 7 |
| December | 0 | 1 |
| January | 0 | 3 |
| February | 3 | 0 |
| March | 0 | 4 |
| April | 0 | 4 |
| May | 0 | 1 |
| June | 3 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 1 |
| August | 0 | 0 |
| September | 0 | 0 |
| October | NS | NS |
| November | NS | 2 |
| Total | 22 | 40 |
NS = no sampling in that locality.