According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the recreational harvest of striped bass “regularly exceeds” the commercial harvest, and totaled over 15 million pounds in 2021 alone.

Source: https://www.mvtimes.com/2023/05/03/fisheries-commission-enacts-new-regulations-striped-bass/

Eelgrass serves as a vital habit for a broad range of marine life, including bay scallops, while river herring are a “foundation fish,” an important part of the bay’s ecosystem on which striped bass, bluefish and other sportfish feed.

Source: https://www.wanderer.com/happenings/buzzards-bay-water-quality-improved-since-2015/

Spurred by slumping striped bass reproduction in Maryland waters, the state Department of Natural Resources is moving to curtail fishing for the popular migratory species during its spawning run next spring.

Source: https://augustafreepress.com/news/analysis-tony-bennett-is-letting-his-virginia-team-try-to-do-more-in-transition/

With her extended family, Jessie, an avid fisherwoman, involved herself in environmental causes such as a successful effort to restore the striped bass population on the Vineyard and across the Atlantic seaboard.

Source: https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2023/02/23/jessie-benton-carried-her-parents-legacy