Preliminary Observations on spawning potential in the striped bass (Roccus saxatilis Walbaum)

This study was initiated during the summer of 1940 with the following objectives: (1) To determine at what age sexual maturity begins in striped bass of the Chesapeake Bay. (2) To determine whether the potential of reproduction declines with increasing age in Chesapeake Bay fish. (3) To determine whether striped bass in northern waters have a spawning cycle similar to that found in the Chesapeake Bay fish.