Researchers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is asking local fishermen for help.
The organization is offering a bounty of $50 to anyone who harvests cobia fish in the month of September, the FWC shared on its website.
If you catch a cobia fish and meet with a biologist, you are entitled to a share of the winnings.
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“It’s as simple as that, folks. If you caught ‘em, we want ‘em, and we’ll even throw in a $50 bounty!” the FWC stated on its public Facebook page.
A team at the FWC is looking to sample the reproductive organs of cobia that have been harvested.
“This data will allow scientists to determine if and where cobia are spawning along Florida’s coast,” the FWC shared online.
In order for your catch to be eligible for the reward, the fish must either remain whole or it can be a filleted carcass with the organs of the fish intact. The fish must be kept cool on ice, the FWC continued.
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Cobia are being tagged with acoustic transmitters along the coast of Florida.
“Data collected by acoustic…
