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Further returns of striped bass,Roccus saxatilis, tagged from deep water during winter in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

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Striped bass tagged during winter (N=104) from depths of 60 to 80 feet were recaptured (N=14, 13 per cent) in two general areas, the upper Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River, during the following 10 months. They were tagged in January, 1959 from drift gillnets that exploited overwintering aggregations in waters just above freezing. About half of the fish exhibited overinflated swimbladders due to rapid ascent and pressure decreases, but the remainder showed no such evidence externally. Recaptured fish were represented about equally by these two general groups. The study corroborated previous studies that striped bass can be tagged and released from deep water of Chesapeake Bay, be subjected to winter hazards in tidewater, and still be recaptured in sufficient numbers to provide meaningful data for longterm investigations.

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Contribution No. 189, Natural Resources Institute of the University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland.

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Mansueti, R.J., Murphy, G.J. Further returns of striped bass,Roccus saxatilis, tagged from deep water during winter in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Chesapeake Science 2, 209–212 (1961). https://doi.org/10.2307/1351177

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