Population structure, food habits, and spawning activity of 1026 gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus, were studied in Everglades National Park from November 1978 through January 1980. Fish were sampled from sporfishermen catches. There was no difference in mean length between the sexes. fish aged from scale annuli ranged from one to seven years. two and Three year old fish dominated the catch. Recruitment was complete by age three.