The Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, and Hudson River jurisdictions have slightly different recreational standards. States could vary their regulations yearly as long as the Technical Committee and Management Board accepted that a state's proposal was conservationally equivalent to the Amendment 5 guidelines. These reports, in a standardized format, detailed the effort and success involved in enforcing striped bass regulations in each jurisdiction. All states must submit an annual harvest report for the previous year by April 1. Re-evaluate biological reference points and fishing mortality targets as they relate to stock characteristics and future definitions of quality fisheries.
All regulations are subject to change.
Readers should contact their state fisheries offices for detailed regulations. No Fishery Bonus fishery of 225,000 lbs. Seasons for fyke nets, haul seines, gillnets, poundnets, and hook and line fisheries. All regulations are subject to change. Readers should contact their state fisheries offices for detailed regulations.