Abstract
Abstract During studies of Atlantic coast striped bass, Roccus saxatilis (Walbaum), by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and co-operators from 1955 to 1959, 478 large fish ranging in weight from 6 to 54 pounds and in age from 3 to 18 years were tagged. Tagging locations were the North Carolina coast, where 81 fish were tagged; Albemarle Sound and Roanoke River, North Carolina, where 97 fish were tagged; and Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, where 300 tags were applied. Catches by commercial and sport fisheries indicated that large striped bass concentrated on the coast of North Carolina in late fall and winter, on or near spawning areas for striped bass in North Carolina and Chesapeake Bay in late winter and spring, and along the coast north of Chesapeake Bay as far as Massachusetts in the summer and fall. Recaptures were made of 19 fish tagged on the North Carolina coast; 23 tagged in Albemarle Sound and the Roanoke River, North Carolina; 27 tagged in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries; and 1 tagged in t...
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