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Seasonal Movements of Striped Bass Contingents of Long Island Sound and the New York Bight
Author(s) -
Clark John
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1968)97[320:smosbc]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - bass (fish) , estuary , fishery , sound (geography) , oceanography , geography , morone saxatilis , spring (device) , biology , geology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Recaptures of striped bass, Morone saxatilis, tagged along the northeast Atlantic coast of the United States from 1959 to 1963 gave evidence of varied patterns of seasonal movement of the species. From analysis of distribution patterns of 498 recaptured fish, it is shown that distinguishable contingents of striped bass seasonally inhabit Long Island Sound and coastal waters of the New York Bight. Three groups that appeared to be of Hudson River origin were the Hudson Estuary, Hudson‐Atlantic, and Hudson‐West Sound Contingents. The origin of a fourth group, the Long Island Sound Contingent, was not evident. Other contingents, of southern or undetermined origin, also appeared in the area from spring to fall. The Hudson River is shown to be a major spawning river and source of recruitment of striped bass populations of Long Island Sound and the New York Bight.