Striped Bass Harvest Doubled in 2022, and Hopes for Stock Recovery Dwindled
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There were lots more stripers that just made it over the 28 inch minimum last year, like this one caught in the Southampton surf by Jackson and Eric Frend. But the number of keeper stripers meant that a lot more fish were killed by anglers and fisheries managers say that hopes of rebuilding the striper stock by 2029 were dealt a crippling blow.
There were lots more stripers that just made it over the 28 inch minimum last year, like this one caught in the Southampton surf by Jackson and Eric Frend. But the number of keeper stripers meant that a lot more fish were killed by anglers and fisheries managers say that hopes of rebuilding the striper stock by 2029 were dealt a crippling blow.
In the Field
- Publication: East Hampton Press
- Published on: Apr 11, 2023
- Columnist: Michael Wright
Last fall, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission released a report saying that while striped bass were “overfished,” they were not “experiencing overfishing.” That is fishery-management-geek talk for “there are...
