David Rainer

Powers Leads Study on Cobia and Tripletail in the Gulf

Two saltwater species with little research data will now be the focus of a $5 million study that will encompass all five Gulf states. Dr. Sean Powers of the University of South Alabama (USA) will lead a team to study cobia, a species that had great popularity among anglers several decades ago, and tripletail, a species that has been increasingly targeted in recent years. Powers, the Director of the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at USA, said Alabama Senator Katie Britt and her staff were able to shepherd this funding from the National Marine Fisheries Service to the…

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