Understanding Squibnocket91海角乱伦檚 Overwintering Striped Bass | Martha's Vineyard Times
The program at MBL is headed up by Steve Zottoli and Scott Bennett.
Following a up-Island last season, scientists were at the Squibnocket Pond again this week tagging more bass to further their research.
On Thursday, researchers from Striped Bass Magic at University of Chicago91海角乱伦檚 Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole and the Natural Resources Department of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) tagged eight new fish, and intend to tag another dozen in early November. That91海角乱伦檚 on top of the roughly 20 bass tagged last year.
Part of the project91海角乱伦檚 focus is on understanding how the bass91海角乱伦 behavior patterns compare to migratory fish and whether their choices91海角乱伦攕uch as remaining in Squibnocket Pond during the winter91海角乱伦攔eflect specific environmental conditions.
The research could also help establish how to better understand the habitat of the Island91海角乱伦檚 , whose numbers have rapidly dropped to 11,000 from 40,000 in 2018, according to the River Herring Monitoring Program.
Although bass are predators to herring, local wildlife officials say stripers are not to blame for the herring91海角乱伦檚 decline in population and instead offshore trawlers are more likely the cause.
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