Evaluation of striped bass stocks in Virginia : monitoring and tagging studies, 2004-2008 Annual report 1 September 2004 - 31 August 2005

Authors

Philip W. Sadler, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
John M. Hoenig, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow
Robert E. Harris, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
B. Gail Holliman, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Document Type

Report

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

12-15-2005

Abstract

This report presents the results of striped bass (Marone saxatilis) tagging and monitoring activities in Virginia during the period 1 September 2004 through 31 August 2005. It includes an assessment of the biological characteristics of striped bass taken from the 2005 spring spawning run, estimates of annual survival based on annual spring tagging, and the results of the fall 2004 directed mortality study that is a collaborative effort with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The information contained in this report is required by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and is used to implement a coordinated management plan for striped bass in Virginia, and along the eastern seaboard

Description

Sections: I. Assessment of the spawning stocks of striped bass in the Rappahannock and James Rivers, Virginia, spring 2005 -- II. Mortality estimates of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) that spawn in the Rappahannock River, Virginia, spring 2004-2005 -- III. Fishing mortality estimates of the fall 2004 resident striped bass fishery in Chesapeake Bay -- IV. Striped bass spawning stock assessment in the Rappahannock River, Virginia: evaluation of the pound net-based Spawning Stock Biomass Index. V. Comparison of the catches of the Rappahannock River pound nets, and the correlation of the Virginia Spawning Stock Biomass Indexes to the Maryland gill net indexes. VI. Evaluation of the 2000-2004 striped bass by-catch from the American shad staked gill net stock assessment survey in the James and Rappahannock rivers as an alternative index of abundance.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25773/fbhv-n532

Keywords

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

Funding

Contract Number: F-77-R-17 Project Period: 1 September 2004-31 August 2005 Submitted to Virginia Marine Resources Commission.

Recommended Citation

Sadler, P. W., Hoenig, J. M., Harris, R. E., & Holliman, B. G. (2005) Evaluation of striped bass stocks in Virginia : monitoring and tagging studies, 2004-2008 Annual report 1 September 2004 - 31 August 2005. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.25773/fbhv-n532