Life History of Cobia 
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS — Cobia are infrequently encountered in 
creel surveys, thus, I am indebted to the following anglers for allowing 
me to process their catches, J. DeVane, J. Govoni, S. Hyman, N. 
Johnson, J. Kenworthy, A. Powell, J. Smith, and K. Smith. Acquisition 
of cobia samples was greatly enhanced through the cooperation of 
Arthur, Charlie, Ronnie, and Mac of O’Neal’s Dockside and Sharon 
and Norman Miller on Ocracoke Island, Steve Hissey at Hatteras, 
and Donald and Linda Flood at Harkers Island. Others unselfishly 
provided samples and data from current research projects, R. Beatty 
and D. Machowski (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources), 
D. Estes (Virginia Institute of Marine Science), and J. Ross (North 
Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries). At the Beaufort Laboratory 
of the National Marine Fisheries Service, J. Merriner and D. Ahrenholz 
provided encouragement, advice and research facilities; D. Vaughan 
supplied statistical counsel; L. Settle and W. Hettler shared early life 
history information; M. Burton and D. Thiesen supplied headboat data 
and samples; B. Harvey courageously tackled various drafts of the 
manuscript; C. Lewis developed photographs; N. McNeil helped process 
samples. L. Mercer, C. Manooch, and several anonymous reviewers 
provided numerous beneficial comments. Special thanks go to Bill 
Roumillat (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources) for histological 
preparations. 
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