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Seasonal tagging locations and distributions of ultrasonically tagged small 
(<46 cm total length) striped bass ( Morone saxatilis) in the Mullica River- 
Great Bay estuary based on mobile telemetry during the (A) summer, (B) 
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the text. 
also clear that the Delaware River population is dis- 
tinct (Waldman and Wirgin, 1994) and has recovered 
(Weisberg et al., 1996) on the basis of the large num- 
ber of juveniles in the system (Nemerson and Able, 
2003; Able et al., 2007). Also, movement of juveniles 
from the coast of New Jersey determined with the 
ALS tag-recapture data, is consistent with earlier 
patterns (Boreman and Lewis, 1987) in that most re- 
captures are found to the northeast of the New Jersey 
tagging sites. 
A second assumption has been that young-of-the-year 
and small juveniles remain in the natal estuary for 
several years until they begin moving into the ocean 
and making coastal migrations (Merriman, 1941; Zlo- 
kovitz et al., 2003). However, in the Hudson River, 
movement out of the estuary by postyolksac larvae 
(Dunning et al., 2009) and age 0, 1, and 2 juveniles 
(McKown 5 ; Dovel, 1992) could account for the occur- 
rence of small striped bass in non-natal estuaries. This 
dispersal of small juveniles (<20 cm) is not detected in 
NMFS surveys (n = 2), despite the intensive sampling 
5 McKown, K. A. 1991. An investigation of the movements 
and growth of the 1989 Hudson River year class. In A study 
of the striped bass in the marine district of New York, 2010, 
p. 5. NY State. Dep. Environ. Conserv., Albany, NY. 
