Large rockfish leave Chesapeake Bay to become ocean migrators; smaller fish remain
Saturday, May 16, 2020 - 14:10
in Earth & Climate
A new electronic tagging study of 100 Potomac River striped bass sheds light on rockfish migration in Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Coast. Researchers found that when rockfish reach 32 inches in length they leave Chesapeake Bay and become ocean migrators. Small fish stayed in the Bay had higher mortality rates than those that undertook ocean migrations.