Striped Bass

      Picture:
    Description:
        Catch method:
       Season:
     Preparation:
        Recipes: 

At this time striped bass cannot be caught by commercial fishermen and striped bass by-catch has to be returned to the sea. This is a sad and wasteful development since often the striped bass has already died when it is taken aboard. This is wasteful and does not benefit anybody. It might be beneficial to develop more innovative approaches to this problem, for example maybe an arrangement can be developed where commercial fishermen are allowed to land by-catch striped bass but cannot personally benefit from this catch. Instead this catch can be sold in the market but the proceed are donated to charitable causes. While striped bass is an exciting sport fish, as a food fish it probably does not deserve its fame. It is quite tasty, but amongst fish aficionados it rarely rates as their number one table fish. Small striped bass are tender and juicy but larger striped bass are more difficult to prepare because they are difficult to cook in such a fashion that the entire fish is evenly cooked without drying. Often large fish fillets are cut in chunks and pan sautéed which will result in an excellent fish meal.

Striped bass is probably New jersey's most highly valued sport fish and as such all new jersey striped bass is reserved for sport fishing.

Latin name Taxonomy, classification Size Weight Season Catch Method Catch Restrictions

1. New Jersey
2. New York
3. Federal

Sustainability Landings (tonnage) -Belford -Raritan Bay Food Description