For the eighth straight year, Maryland scientists found well below average numbers of young rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay.
This summer's survey, released Monday, showed the best results since 2018, the last time that surveyors counted an above-average quantity of juvenile striped bass, or rockfish. But with “young of the year” index of 5.5 this year — compared to a historical average of 10.8 — Maryland scientists aren’t really celebrating.
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