{
  "id": 15688465,
  "title": "Juvenile striped bass maintaining average abundance in Virginia waters in 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/juvenile-striped-bass-maintaining-average-abundance-in-virginia",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-20T02:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-juvenile-striped-bass-average-abundance.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Preliminary results from an ongoing long-term survey conducted by William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) suggest that an average year class of young-of-year striped bass was produced in the Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay in 2026. Striped bass are an important top predator in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and a valuable resource for commercial and recreational…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}