Recapture of well-traveled cobia provides hope for stock enhancement

Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 09:30 in Biology & Nature

A cobia caught this June provides hope that the species could be a candidate for stock enhancement. Since its release by researchers in 2008, the hatchery-raised and tagged fish has made 3 round-trips between Chesapeake Bay and the Florida Keys, doubled in size, and gotten caught at least twice.

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