Chesapeake Bay 2022 Young-Of-Year Survey Results Announced - The Fisherman

Chesapeake Bay 2022 Young-Of-Year Survey Results Announced

On October 20, Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced results of this year’s juvenile striped bass survey which tracks the reproductive success of the iconic fish in the Chesapeake Bay. The 2022 young-of-year index is 3.6, which is slightly higher than last year’s result, but remains below the long-term average of 11.3.

For this annual survey, fishery managers examine 22 sites located in four major spawning areas: the Choptank, Nanticoke, and Potomac rivers, and the upper Chesapeake Bay. Biologists visit each site three times per summer, collecting fish with two sweeps of a 100-foot beach seine net. The index represents the average number of recently hatched striped bass captured in each sample.  Learn more at news.maryland.gov.

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