Striped Bass, Period 6, Dale and Kushi by Dale DeVinney https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t By Dale and Kushi en-us 2018-01-09 17:52:19 UTC 2025-10-27 14:12:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png Description of the Striped Bass 16531751 https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/219879094 The scientific name of the Striped bass is Morone Saxitilis. Striped Bass grow to about 2 to 3 feet in length and weigh up to about 10 to 30 pounds, although some can grow to 125 pounds. The colors this fish can be are, light green, blue, black, and brown. They are also striped with 7 to 8  metallic stripes down its body. Their stomach is white and all their fins are dark brownish- black.]]> 2018-01-09 17:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/219879094 Food Sources 1601636 https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/219880429  The striped bass feeds on small fish and invertebrates, including worms, squid, menhaden, anchovies and crustaceans.


]]> 2018-01-09 18:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/219880429 Habitat 1601636 https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/219882274 This fish lives in the Chesapeake Bay tributaries all year around. In the spring it tends to move up river to spawn. In the winter and summer they swim into deeper channels.


]]> 2018-01-09 18:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/219882274 Migration 1601636 https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/219883312 Usually two years after they are born, they travel to the ocean to live the rest of their lives, unless they head back to the river to lay eggs.


]]> 2018-01-09 18:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/219883312 Niche 16531751 https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/220261311 They are key predators in the Chesapeake Bay. They also support one of the largest commercial and recreational fisheries.]]> 2018-01-10 16:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/220261311 Competition for resources 16531751 https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/220262565 The striped Bass competes with other second level consumers for food.]]> 2018-01-10 16:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/220262565 Behaviors 16531751 https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/220263666 Striped bass are a schooling species, and move around with others. They also migrate to the ocean after birth

]]> 2018-01-10 16:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/220263666 Challenges 1601636 https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/220264794  Predators include sharks, larger fish and fish-eating birds like ospreys .  Very susceptible to pollution ]]> 2018-01-10 16:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/220264794 Symbiosis 16531751 https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/220265579 The Striped Bass does not participate in Symbiosis.]]> 2018-01-10 16:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/220265579 Importance 1601636 https://padlet.com/16531751/rjqd03by9e7t/wish/220265604  
Sharks and larger fish will decline in number if the striped bass is removed. Also, producers and tertiary consumers will decline, and first level consumers will increase.

 
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  • The striped bass is Maryland's state fish, and one of the most popular commercial and recreational catches in the Chesapeake Bay. 
  • The Bay is the largest striped bass nursery area on the Atlantic coast. Seventy to 90 percent of the Atlantic striped bass population uses the Bay to spawn.
  • The oldest recorded striped bass was 31 years old. The largest recorded striped bass was 125 pounds, caught on the North Carolina coast in 1891.
  • The Bay's record striped bass was caught in 1995 off Bloody Point, just south of Kent Island, Maryland. It weighed 67.5 pounds.

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