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Monitoring Juvenile Fishes In The Surf-Zone Of Virginia, And Development Of A Juvenile Bluefish Young-Of-The-Year Index In Virginia : 1994 Sampling Season, Donald M. Seaver, Herbert M. Austin
Monitoring Juvenile Fishes In The Surf-Zone Of Virginia, And Development Of A Juvenile Bluefish Young-Of-The-Year Index In Virginia : 1994 Sampling Season, Donald M. Seaver, Herbert M. Austin
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The Virginia Institute of Marine Science has conducted a monitoring program of the juvenile finfish in the Chesapeake Bay tributary rivers of Virginia since 1955, the striped bass spawning rivers since 1967 and the main stem Chesapeake Bay since 1988. These data are used to develop juvenile indices for several recreationally important species including spot, croaker, summer flounder, weakfish, black seabass and striped bass. The indices are important as both an index of recruitment success and effectiveness of management actions and are used in interstate Fishery Management Plans (FMP's) by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Chesapeake …