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Creation of a Hybrid Striped Bass Fishery in the Escambia River, Florida
Author(s) -
Yeager David M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
north american journal of fisheries management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1548-8675
pISSN - 0275-5947
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1985)5<389:coahsb>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - fishery , estuary , stocking , morone saxatilis , bass (fish) , bay , environmental science , biology , geography , archaeology
A fingerling stocking program with hybrid striped bass (Morone saxatilis x Morone chrysops) produced a significant fishery in the Escambia River and estuary. An estimated 8,507 hybrids were harvested from June 1981 through May 1982 with a catch rate of 0.46 fish per man‐hour. Harvest and success rates declined during the summer and fall of 1982. This decline is attributed in part to emigration of hybrids into the bay and adjacent river systems during periods of high river discharge. Future harvest rates of the hybrid fishery may depend on seasonal fluctuations in river discharge.