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Availability of striped bass during summers of 1958 and 1959 as reflected in commercial haul seine catch

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An analysis of the Maryland summer haul seine fishing effort and landings of striped bass,Roccus saxatilis, for the years 1958 and 1959 shows a doubling in harvest with a reduction of one-sixth in seine days fished during 1959. It is concluded that striped bass were available in considerably greater numbers to this gear in 1959 than in 1958, and that the 1956 and 1957 year-classes probably contributed largely to these landings.

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  1. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland

    George J. Murphy

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Contribution No. 142, Maryland Department of Research and Education, Solomons, Maryland.

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Murphy, G.J. Availability of striped bass during summers of 1958 and 1959 as reflected in commercial haul seine catch. Chesapeake Science 1, 74–75 (1960). https://doi.org/10.2307/1350542

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