Definition of cobia
:a large bony fish (Rachycentron canadum of the family Rachycentridae) of warm seas that is a food and sport fish
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An even more astonishing cobia fillet, at once meaty and delicate, bathes in a mild, gently sweet sauce scented by curry leaf and stained by tumeric that's offset by crunchy bitter-melon chips—
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A thick cobia fillet luxuriates in a coconut-curry broth.
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Last summer, officials noticed an uptick in the number of cobia — long, large, normally solitary fish that inhabit the Chesapeake Bay’s deep, open waters during warmer months.
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Eligible fish in the spearfishing division include barracuda, cobia, grouper, jack crevalle, sheepshead, mangrove snapper, triggerfish and miscellaneous.
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Eligible species are cobia, dolphin, kingfish, wahoo and blackfin tuna.
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Eligible species are cobia, dolphin, kingfish, wahoo and blackfin tuna.
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Eligible species are kingfish, dolphin, tuna, cobia and wahoo.
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Eligible fish species this year include speckled trout, mangrove snapper, cobia, dorado, red snapper, flounder and sheepshead, with method of take coming into play for speckled trout.
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