Population characteristics and movements of striped bass Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) in the Mira River estuary, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Main Authors: Dadswell, Michael J., Buhariwalla, Colin F., Andrews, Samuel N., Stokesbury, Michael J.W., MacMillan, John L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS) 2023
• Subjects: Breton Island; Canada; Lawrence River; Mira
• Online Access: https://ojs.library.dal.ca/nsis/article/view/11860

The occurrence of striped bass outside the immediate vicinity of known spawning rivers in Canada is neither widely understood nor well studied. Striped bass in Canada are managed and assessed within three distinct units, the Bay of Fundy, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the St. Lawrence River; but sto...