Forage Fish (IMAGE)

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Forage Fish

Caption

Bay anchovies, like these captured in a VIMS trawl net, provide important forage for predatory fishes in the Chesapeake Bay. After counting, the fishes are returned to the water.

Credit

© VIMS Juvenile Fish Trawl Survey.

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