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Production and Harvest of Anadromous Striped Bass Stocks along the Atlantic Coast
Author(s) -
Boreman John,
Austin Herbert M.
Publication year - 1985
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(1985)114<3:pahoas>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - morone saxatilis , bass (fish) , chesapeake bay , fish migration , fishery , juvenile , estuary , bay , alosa , biology , ecology , oceanography , fish <actinopterygii> , geology
Production indices for juvenile striped bass Morone saxatilis in the Chesapeake Bay and Roanoke River‐Albemarle Sound regions have declined in recent years. A concurrent decline in harvest of striped bass along the Atlantic coast also has been observed. Lack of the occurrence of a dominant year class in the Chesapeake Bay since 1970 has affected the coastal harvest and the abundance of the spawning populations. Occurrence of another dominant year class will depend on two factors: Relatively good survival between the egg and juvenile life stages; and a sufficient amount of egg deposition to take advantage of the good survival conditions.