Maryland Department of Natural Resources

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Striped Bass Home

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Striped Bass underwater
Photo courtesy of Michael Eversmier​

​Current News​


​2025

03/07/2025
​​​​State of the State Fish: What Marylanders Should Know About Striped Bass in 2025

03/06/2025 Update
Webinar discussing for-hire electronic reporting and a catch and release study in Patuxent River. DNR staff and a George Mason University researcher discuss data from the FACTS electronic reporting system pertaining to the for-hire sector, and a recent study examining catch and release mortality using acoustic tags. View the Video​​

Information about the Chesapeake Bay Program's upcoming striped bass workshop, including a link for the public to listen in, can be found here: https://www.chesapeake.org/stac/events/striped-bass-survey-assessment-and-habitat-connections/ More information will be posted as it becomes available, including an agenda.​​

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​2024
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11/17/2024 Update
2024 Atlantic Striped Bass Stock Assessment Update Overview Released​​
6/07/2024 Update
​Fish Health Fact Sheet - Disease in Striped Bass​
5/15/2024 Update
​Maryland Summer-Fall 2024 Striped Bass Season Begins May 16​​
10/17/2024 Update
Results of Chesapeake Bay 2024 Young-of-Year Striped Bass Survey Show Little Change
6/07/2024 Update
​Fish Health Fact Sheet - Disease in Striped Bass​
5/15/2024 Update
​Maryland Summer-Fall 2024 Striped Bass Season Begins May 16​​
5/7/2024 Updates
​Maryland DNR Biologists Monitor a Critical Year of Striped Bass Eggs, Larvae​ ​
4/25/2024 Updates
DNR Biologists’ Study: Older, Larger Female Striped Bass Produce Far More Eggs​ ​
4/24/2024 Updates
Maryland’s Striped Bass Emergency Closure Continues into May​
​​2/12/2024 Updates
Two Studies by DNR Scientists Highlight Spawning Challenges for Striped Bass
2/09/2024 Update
Maryland Enacts Striped Bass Emergency Regulations to Increase Protections for the Spawning Population
1/31/2024 Update
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Addendum II Commercial Quotas
​1/25/2024 Update
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Atlantic Striped Bass Board Approves Addendum II: Establishes Measures to Continue Progress Towards Stock Rebuilding

2023

​Atantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Atlantic striped bass (Morone saxatilis) are managed through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission in state waters (0–3 miles) and through NOAA Fisheries in federal waters (3–200 miles). The management unit includes the coastal migratory stock from Maine through North Carolina. State waters fisheries for Atlantic striped bass are currently managed under Amendment 7 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Interested individuals are encouraged to visit the comm​ission's website to learn more on the complexities of this coastwide fishery.

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SBass Advisory BannerThe Striped Bass Summer Fishing Advisory Forecast is an awareness campaign ​​​​aimed to reduce striped bass mortality during the summer fishing season. A color-coded recommendation system will advise of fishing conditions, allowing anglers to plan their striped bass fishing trips up to seven days in advance.​
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