The annual Atlantic striped bass juvenile stock assessments done each year by the states of Virginia and Maryland in the ...

The Bay is the primary spawning and nursery ground for 70% to 90% of the entire coastwide population of striped bass. But Maryland’s annual seine survey for juvenile fish in the Bay and tidal ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently announced results of this year’s juvenile striped bass survey, which ...

(WFXR) — The annual Atlantic striped bass juvenile stock assessments done each year by the states of Virginia and Maryland in the Chesapeake Bay show another year of weak spawning classes.

Striped bass continue to suffer from poor reproduction in the Chesapeake Bay, the latest surveys show, increasing pressure on fishery managers to maintain or even tighten catch restrictions on the ...

During this annual survey, fishery managers examine 22 sites located in four major striped bass spawning areas: the Choptank, Nanticoke, and Potomac rivers, and the upper Chesapeake Bay.

According to DNR, the Maryland survey focuses on 22 sites within the Choptank, Nanticoke, and Potomac rivers, as well as the upper Chesapeake Bay where striped bass spawning largely occurs.

While environmental conditions hamper reproductive success, fisheries managers focus conservation efforts on adult striped bass so that the spawning population can produce a strong year class when ...