Striped Bass Seine Survey

• Anadromous- describes a species that migrates from the ocean to fresh water to spawn

• Confidence intervals (95%)- a range in which we are 95% sure that the estimated value will be found

• Index- a calculated number indicating the relative abundance of a species

• Length-frequency- graph depicting the number or percentage of fish at designated lengths in a population

• Peritoneum- lining of the abdominal cavity

• Recruitment- the addition of new fish to a stock

• Relative abundance-a measure of population size taken repeatedly with the same gear and methodology

• Roe-fish eggs

• Seine-a long net with weights at the bottom and floats at the top

• Semi-anadromous- describes a species that migrates from brackish water to fresh water to spawn

• Stock-a population designated for study or management

• Year-class-all fish of a particular species spawned during a particular annual spawning period

• Young-of-year (YOY)-fish that are less than 1 year of age