Striped Bass Facts (Continued Here)
It is believed that many of the rivers and tributaries that emptied into the Atlantic had at one time, breeding stock of striped bass. One of the largest breeding areas is the Chesapeake Bay, where populations from
Chesapeake and Delaware bays have intermingled.
They have been widely introduced elsewhere,
such as in Ecuador, Iran, Latvia, Mexico, Russia,
South Africa, and Turkey primarily for sport
fishing and aquaculture.
The striped bass is olive green fading to silver,
and has 6 to 8 longitudinal black stripes running
from behind the gills to the base of the tail along
its streamlined body. Striped bass are anadromous, meaning that they migrate from their saltwater habitat to spawn in fresh water.
The Striper Bass is known by many names. Some of the other names used for this species are Striper, Striped Sea-Bass, Rock, and Rockfish.
The striped bass is the state fish of Maryland and the state freshwater fish of New York.