Preliminary results from an ongoing long-term survey conducted by William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) suggest that an average year class of young-of-year striped bass was produced in the Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay in 2026. Striped bass are an important to...
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-10-juvenile-striped-bass-average-abundance.html)