Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Striped bass have been overfished and are under a stock rebuilding plan that is not working. So, to rebuild the stock by 2029, ...

WILL BONTRAGER wbontrager@chespub.com Sep 24, 2025 Sep 24, 2025 0 WYE MILLS — Eastern Shore watermen packed Chesapeake College on Monday and overwhelmingly opposed draft striped bass rules that would ...

A pair of recent papers, led by biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published in Fisheries Research and Marine and Coastal Fisheries, sought to comprehensively pinpoint which ...

Striped bass are currently considered overfished, with the spawning stock below the established threshold. Proposed regulations include changes to season, size, and bag limits, as well as how fish are ...

Recreational fishermen largely oppose new regulations aimed at reducing striped bass mortality by 12%. Displaying frustration and skepticism with the management of striped bass, and now faced with ...

Amid signs that a hoped-for recovery of Atlantic striped bass may be faltering, East Coast fisheries managers are moving to further tighten already restricted catch limits on the popular but ...

Striped bass have been overfished and are under a stock rebuilding plan that is not working. So, to rebuild the stock by 2029, both recreational and commercial measures must be taken to reduce the ...