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Document Type
Book Chapter
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Editors
James W. Webb
Publication Date
1970
Book Title
Proceedings Of The Twenty-Third Annual Conference Southeastern Association Of Game And Fish Commissioners October 19-22, 1969
Publisher
Southeastern Association Of Game And Fish Commissioners
City
Columbia, S. C.
Abstract
A total of 8525 striped bass, Morone saxatilis (Walbaum), were tagged and released in Virginia during 1968 and 1969. Releases were grouped in three periods: (1) 3195 in winter 1968, (2) 2439 during summer-fall 1968; and (3) 2891 in winter 1969. Streamer disc tags, employed in winter 1968, were subsequently replaced by internal anchor tags (Floy Tag No. FD-67). This substitution shortened application time and eliminated a source of bias introduced by the entanglement of disc tags in gill nets. Releases were made in the James, York, and Rappahannock rivers in all three periods. Rewards of one dollar have been paid for return of tags. Percentages of returns within tagged year-classes increased with age, indicating change in fishing mortality rates of striped bass during their initial 3 to 4-year residence in the lower Chesapeake Bay system.
Recommended Citation
Grant, George G.; Burrell, Victor G. Jr.; Richards, C. E.; and Joseph, Edwin B., "Preliminary Results from Striped Bass Tagging in Virginia, 1968-1969" (1970). VIMS Books and Book Chapters. 107.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsbooks/107
