Movements, habitat utilization, and post-release survival of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) that summer in Virginia waters assessed using pop-up satellite archival tags

Authors

Douglas R. Jensen, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow
John Graves, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow

Document Type

Article

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

2020

Journal

Animal Biotelemetry

Volume

8

Issue

24

Abstract

Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) is a cosmopolitan marine fish that inhabits tropical, sub-tropical, and temperate marine and estuarine waters and supports a major recreational fishery along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts. Recent changes in U.S. cobia management have sparked controversy and highlighted limitations in our understanding of the species’ biology. This study utilized pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) to assess the movements, habitat utilization, and post-release survival of cobia that summer in Virginia waters

DOI

doi: 0.1186/s40317-020-00212-0

Keywords

Rachycentron canadum, Cobia, Pop-up satellite archival tags, PSAT, Post-release mortality, Habitat utilization, Migration, Recreational fishery

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Jensen, Douglas R. and Graves, John, Movements, habitat utilization, and post-release survival of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) that summer in Virginia waters assessed using pop-up satellite archival tags (2020). Animal Biotelemetry, 8(24).

doi: 0.1186/s40317-020-00212-0