Text Size: A  A  A

Videos

Bay 101: Fish Food



January 09, 2017

Larger fish like striped bass and bluefish are popular with fishermen, but healthy populations of smaller fish and invertebrates form the base of the food web. Ed Houde of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory explains what fish are eating to survive in the Chesapeake Bay.

Produced by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program
Additional footage by NEAMAP Survey Footage: Courtesy James Gartland/Virginia Institute of Marine Science, PlanktonScope Footage: The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Music/Audio: "Cloud Line" by Blue Dot Sessions via Free Music Archive
Special thanks to Captain Pete Ide

Keywords: fish, striped bass, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), menhaden, forage, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Related Videos

  • Bay 101: Monitoring and Modeling the Chesapeake Bay
  • Bay 101: Fish Food
  • Bay 101: Emerald Ash Borer
  • From the Field: Trash Trawl hauls microplastics from Bay waters
  • Bay 101: Wetlands
  • From the Field: Fish Facing Warmer Waters
  • Bay 101: Population Growth
  • Bay 101: Conowingo Dam
  • Bay 101: Intersex Fish
  • Bay 101: Sediment
  • Bay 101: Ospreys
  • PSA: What does it take to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay?

Comments:

There are no comments for this entry yet.


Post A Comment:






410 Severn Avenue / Suite 112
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
Tel: (800) YOUR-BAY / Fax: (410) 267-5777
Directions to the Bay Program Office
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
©2012 Chesapeake Bay Program | All Rights Reserved