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Until about 30 years ago, many people made their living by fishing for striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay and this was a big part of the local economy in Maryland.

Striped bass are popular fish that dropped in number because of overfishing, pollution, and rising water temperatures, but are growing again today because of new laws that protect them.

Striped bass are also known as morone saxatilis, eat crustaceans and fish, have silvery bodies with stripes that go from their gills to their tail, and have a spiny dorsal fin.

Striped bass are fish that can live in rivers, along coastlines, and in estuaries as adults, but only spawn in freshwater rivers, so some travel as far as 100 miles to spawn.
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The main idea of this text is the importance of striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and how their population has been affected by overfishing, pollution, and rising water temperatures, but are now growing again due to new protective laws.