Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sportfish Restoration Project F87R21. Submitted to Virginia Marine Resources Commission, March 2010
Striped bass -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Striped bass fisheries -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Machut, L. S., & Fabrizio, M. C. (2010) Estimation of juvenile striped bass relative abundance in the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay, January 2009-December 2009 : annual progress report. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/1151