Document Type

Report

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

The 2009 striped bass juvenile abundance index is 8.42 and is not significantly different from the historic average of 7.54. Additional methods of calculating the regional index support this conclusion. Catches in the York River were nearly identical to its historic average. Although the James River catches were higher and the Rappahannock River catches were lower than historic averages, they were not significantly so. Striped bass catches at auxiliary stations provide greater spatial coverage of the nursery grounds and suggest that juvenile striped bass were broadly distributed throughout the sampling area in 2009.

Description

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sportfish Restoration Project F87R21. Submitted to Virginia Marine Resources Commission, March 2010

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/m2-xr8n-ch32

Keywords

Striped bass -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Striped bass fisheries -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)

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