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11/1/12 - Striped bass production in Chesapeake Bay is disappointing
Topic Started: Dec 13 2012, 11:38 AM (48 Views)
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11/1/12 - Striped bass production in Chesapeake Bay is disappointing
courtesy of roanoke.com

The 2012 fall striped bass season has gotten off to a disappointing start in Virginia’s saltwater, with a scarcity of school-size fish, the kind that brings joy to light-tackle anglers in the fall and winter.

Add to that even more bad news. Researchers working the Chesapeake Bay in both Maryland and Virginia report a poor 2012 striper year class. These are fish hatched this spring that anglers count on for providing sport in 3 or 4 years.

The Virginia Institute of Marine Science recently reported that its survey of juvenile striped bass recorded less than three striper fingerlings per seine haul. That is significantly lower than the historic average of roughly seven per seine haul.

Not to worry; at least, not yet, says Mary Fabrizio, who directs the VIMS survey. It would take three-continuous years of poor recruitment before changes in management would be required, she said. Most hatches in recent years have been average to above average.

Poor year classes occur about every decade, the last one prior to this year’s was in 2002.

The Atlantic striped bass population has recovered from lows in the late 70s and early 80s when numbers dropped so low that fishing was shut down. More recently, anglers have expressed concerns about finding fewer school-size fish along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, but officials have not expressed alarm.
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