NPSpecies

Data Source: Results of Baseline Monitoring of Existing Conditions at Bolinas Lagoon as Part of Mitigation for the Highway One Lone Tree Slide Repair. Oct, 1993. Phillip Williams & Associates, Ltd. Bibkey # 107093

Striped bass are native to streams and bays of the Atlantic coast from the St. Lawrence River in the north down to the St. Johns River in Florida, as well as to streams flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Louisiana. They were introdced to the Pacific coast in 1879 and 1882 when a total of 432 fish from two shipmentw sere planed in the Sacramento-San Joaquin estuary. So successful was the introduction that by 1888 a commercial fishery had started up for them and the catch reached over 1.2 million pounds by 1899 (Moyle pg 285).; Data Source: Moyle, P.B. 1976. Inland Fishes of California. Bibkey# 169521

Rare in Bolinas Lagoon -- common in San Francisco Bay; Data Source: Bolinas Lagoon Management plan update 1996. Bibkey # 18236

Park Species Data Source: Results of Baseline Monitoring of Existing Conditions at Bolinas Lagoon as Part of Mitigation for the Highway One Lone Tree Slide Repair. Oct, 1993. Phillip Williams & Associates, Ltd.