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Figure 5 
Number of first summer recaptures (white bars) and fishing effort (black bars) by date 
in (A) Massachusetts (MA), and (B) the Great Marsh (GM) for striped bass (Morone 
saxatilis) released there. Numbers of recaptures correspond to those in Table 1. Effort 
is shown in number of fishing trips for striped bass (mean ±1 SD). 
overwintering there, they would have no reason to go 
south towards the traditional overwintering or spawning 
grounds in the late fall. In addition, 33 of 46 striped bass 
implanted with acoustic tags in the Great Marsh, MA, 
in 2006 were detected by acoustic receivers in Delaware 
Bay or Long Island Sound (474-939 km one-way migra- 
tion) in the winter, 2006-07 (Mather, unpubl. data). The 
U.S. Atlantic coast striped bass stocks that spawn in 
Chesapeake Bay, Delaware River, and the Hudson River 
have been observed previously off New England (Berg- 
