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The blackfin snapper is considered to be a good fish for eating which is mainly sold at market as fresh fish. It is caught as part of a mixed snapper catch using traps, handlines and longlines. There have been reports of ciguatera poisoning after the consumption of the blackfin snapper. Although it
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