Investigating a Year-Round Bass Population | Martha's Vineyard Times

Researchers and local authorities last week fitted 20 striped bass from Squibnocket Pond in Chilmark with acoustic tags, in an attempt to confirm if there is a year-round population of the typically migratory fish. 

A determination might be available in a matter of weeks, and could confirm the only documented nonmigratory population in Massachusetts. 

The research project is a collaboration of the natural resources department of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head and researchers from the Striped Bass Magic program at the University of Chicago, Marine Biological Laboratory. 

Researchers are interested in the project because striped bass typically leave the Northeast in the fall, migrating to warmer waters in the Southeast. Read rest of the article here.

Source: Investigating a Year-Round Bass Population | Martha's Vineyard Times