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Striper Numbers Up
Accordingto the Maryland Dept. of Natural resouces has found that a record number of juvinile striped bass were born in the upper Chesapeake Bay last summer. The average haul was 25.8 baby stripers per survey site, more then double the long term average of 11.9 and the highest count since 1970.
For the study, biologists collected 3,399 young of the year striped bass from the fresh water estuaries where they are born. Heavy spring rains and cooler then average tempertures are credited for last years bumper crop of baby striped bass.
The program,which has been in place since 1954 collects and counts young striped bass from 22 survey sites on four major spawning rivers.
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