<H3>• Chesapeake Bay Striper Spawning Survey Results</H3>

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“The Maryland Department of Natural Resources today announced that the 2014 juvenile index ─ a measure of striped bass spawning success in Chesapeake Bay ─ is 11.0, nearly equal to the 61-year average*** of 11.7. ”The results indicate a healthy level of reproduction for Maryland’s state fish….” Please visit this link to read the full article: LinkToArticle [***Ed.: In other words, the index is below average.]

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