Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis): COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in Canada
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or other Status
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Authorities Contacted
- Information Sources
- Biographical Summary of Report Writer
Assessment and Update Status Report
on the
Striped Bass
Morone saxatilis
in Canada
Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Population - Threatened 2004
St. Lawrence Estuary Population -Extirpated 2004
Bay of Fundy Population - Threatened 2004
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2004. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Striped Bass Morone saxatilis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 43 pp.
Production note:
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Jean Robitaille for writing the status report on the Striped Bass Morone saxatilis prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Claude Renaud the COSEWIC Freshwater Fish Species Specialist Subcommittee Co-chair.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819-953-3215
Fax: 819-994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC Website
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le spatulaire (Polyodon spathula) au Canada – Mise à jour.
Cover illustration:
Striped Bass -- Drawing from Scott and Crossman, 1973.
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2004
Catalogue No. CW69-14/421-2005E-PDF
ISBN 0-662-39840-8
HTML: CW69-14/421-2005E-HTML
ISBN 0-662-39841-6
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