Daily Updates of Striped Bass Harvest

In order to not overharvest the striped bass stock of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland utilizes a quota based harvest management system. Harvest monitoring data is collected using the following methods and then compared for accuracy at the end of the year:​

• Daily electronic or paper log reports from designated check stations (operated by volunteers holding a fish dealer license)
• These reports should be submitted by Check Stations on a weekly basis if using paper or daily using the electronic reporting system called FACTS.
  


• Eligible permittee's finfish harvest reports
• Using paper, these reports should be submitted by Licensees/Permittees on a monthly basis.
• Using FACTS, these trip reports should be electronically submitted daily only on the days that eligible Licensees/Permittees are fishing.


• ​ Eligible permittee's paper harvest permit cards.
• These permit cards should be submitted by Permittees after the end of the Striped Bass season.
• For those individuals reporting electronically via FACTS, no paper permit is required.

The harvest estimates illustrated below are based upon daily check station reports received by the department on a weekly basis. They are preliminary figures and may change if check station reports are late. These figures are updated as data becomes available.​

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Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast Fisheries Harvest Charts

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