Posts Tagged ‘striped bass’

Striped bass, a favorite of NYC anglers, sharply declining in Hudson River

Supporting the striped bass population requires reducing mortality rates and growing the forage fish base

The current mortality rates in the recreational fishery for striped bass are unsustainable, and pose a threat to the Hudson River spawning stock. In December of 2023, Riverkeeper submitted comments to… Read More

Striped bass mortality increases: fishing regs to change

Like it or not, change is coming for striped bass anglers all along the Atlantic Coast. In 2018, the benchmark stock assessment of striped bass conducted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commis… Read More

Riverkeeper resumes warm weather patrols on the Hudson

Urge mid-Atlantic fishery managers to protect threatened river herring and shad in federal waters

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is to meet Oct. 11-13 in Galloway, N.J. and is expected to advance new protections for river herring and American shad at sea that will contribute to the re… Read More

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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