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A Brief Guide To Striped Bass Ecology & Management In Chesapeake Bay, Mary C. Fabrizio, Troy D. Tuckey, Susanna Musick Nov 2017

A Brief Guide To Striped Bass Ecology & Management In Chesapeake Bay, Mary C. Fabrizio, Troy D. Tuckey, Susanna Musick

Reports

Chesapeake Bay striped bass support important recreational fisheries along the US Atlantic coast; in the late 1970s, the population of striped bass collapsed as a result of overfishing and poor water quality in rivers used for spawning and rear-ing of young. Informed by stock assessments, strict management regulations were enacted in the mid-1980s and early 1990s; these highly effective regulations resulted in the recovery of the population in 1995. A key to the successful recov-ery of the Atlantic coast striped bass was the wide range of ages of spawning females and the associated differences in spawning behavior among ages. Age …


A Guide To Vims, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science, School Of Marine Science, College Of William And Mary Jan 1980

A Guide To Vims, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science, School Of Marine Science, College Of William And Mary

Miscellaneous

Based on comparisons of Institute Division names as reported in the Institute Annual Reports, the brochure was likely published between 1980-1981.