Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a valuable commercial species along the Atlantic coast of North America from New Brunswick to Florida. Landings from Chesapeake Bay typically represent 60% of the annual United States commercial harvest (ASMFC 2012). American Eel is also important to the recreational fishery as it is often used live as bait for Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) and Cobia (Rachycentron canadum). In 2012, Chesapeake Bay commercial landings of American Eel (771,536 lbs) were 72% of the U.S. landings (personal communication from the National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Statistics Division). Since the 1980s, harvest along the U.S. Atlantic Coast has declined, with similar patterns occurring in the Canadian Maritime Provinces (Meister and Flagg 1997). The American Eel Benchmark Stock Assessment report (ASMFC 2012) established that the American Eel is depleted in U.S. waters. ........
Description
Submitted to Potomac River Fisheries Commission, January 2016-September 2016
DOI
http://doi.org/10.21220/V5RC7N
Keywords
American eel, Anguilla rostrata, Potomac River, Virginia, eel fisheries, eel monitoring
Recommended Citation
Tuckey, T. D., & Fabrizio, M. C. (2016) Evaluating recruitment of American Eel, Anguilla rostrata, in the Potomac River (Spring 2016). Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. http://doi.org/10.21220/V5RC7N
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