Summary of New Jerseys striped bass bonus harvest information: 1996-2013

Year

# fish
Harvested

Weight
Harvested
(pounds)

Mean Length
(inches)

Mean
Weight
(pounds)

Quota

% of
Quota

1996

233

4,050

35.7

17.4

225,000

1.8

1997

344

7,678

36.8

22.3

225,000

3.4

1998

473

11,149

37.2

23.6

225,000

1999

574

13,174

36.2

23.1

225,000

5.9

2000

2,488

42,794

33.7

17.2

225,000

19

2001

4,583

79,774

33.5

17.4

225,000

35.5

2002

4,855

82,050

33.0

16.9

225,000

36.5

2003

6,101

121,410

35.0

20.0

321,750

37.7

2004

4,602

81,870

32.8

17.8

321,750

25.4

2005

2,047

29,866

31.7

14.6

321,750

9.3

2006

1,127

23,656

34.9

21.0

321,750

7.4

2007

708

13,615

34.0

19.2

321,750

4.2

2008

367

7,345

34.3

20.0

321,750

2.3

2009

526

10,330

34.2

19.3

321,750

3.2

2010

728

12,833

34.5

17.6

321,750

4.0

2011

916

16,332

34.0

17.8

321,750

5.1

2012

325

6,285

34.3

19.3

321,750

2.0

2013

404

6,096

33.4

15.1

321,750

1.9

2014

178

3,386

35.0

20.5

321,750

1.0

2014 preliminary
Source: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection