Editing Striped bass (section)

==Distribution==
[[File:Researcher with striped bass.jpg|thumb|left|A researcher holding up a large striped bass]]

===Natural distribution===
Striped bass are native to the [[Atlantic]] coastline of North America from the [[St. Lawrence River]] into the Gulf of Mexico to [[Louisiana]]. They are anadromous fish that migrate between fresh and salt water. Spawning takes place in fresh water.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Robichaud-LeBlanc |first1=Kimberly A. |last2=Courtenay |first2=Simon C. |last3=Locke |first3=Andrea |date=February 15, 2011 |title=Spawning and early life history of a northern population of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in the Miramichi River estuary, Gulf of St. Lawrence |url=https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z96-182 |journal=Canadian Journal of Zoology |volume=74 |issue=9 |pages=1645–1655 |language=en |doi=10.1139/z96-182}}</ref>

===Introductions outside their natural range===
Striped bass have been [[Exotic species|introduced]] to the Pacific Coast of North America and into many large [[reservoir|reservoir impoundments]] across the United States by state game and fish commissions for recreational fishing and as a predator to control populations of [[American gizzard shad|gizzard shad]].<ref>[http://www.arkansasstripers.com/striped-bass-management-plan.htm Striped Bass Management Plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813001143/http://www.arkansasstripers.com/striped-bass-management-plan.htm |date=August 13, 2007 }} retrieved on June 10, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fish.state.pa.us/pafish/fishhtms/chap21.htm|publisher=Pennsylvania State Fish & Boat Commission|work=Gallery of Pennsylvania Fishes|title=Chapter 21: Temperate Basses|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705023207/http://www.fish.state.pa.us/pafish/fishhtms/chap21.htm|archive-date=July 5, 2011|access-date=June 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=J. Rhett|last=Wisener|date=August 11, 2003|url= http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/publications/notes/harden.htm|publisher=Indiana Department of Natural Resources|website=Division of Fish and Wildlife|title=Evaluation of Striped Bass Stockings at Harden Reservoir|access-date=June 10, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225220/http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/publications/notes/harden.htm|archive-date=September 26, 2007}}</ref> These include: [[Elephant Butte Lake]] in New Mexico; [[Lake Ouachita]], Lake Norman in North Carolina; Lake Norfork, [[Beaver Lake (Arkansas)|Beaver Lake]] and [[Lake Hamilton, Arkansas|Lake Hamilton]] in Arkansas; Lake Thunderbird in Illinois; [[Lake Pleasant Regional Park|Lake Pleasant]], and [[Lake Havasu]] in Arizona; [[Lake Powell]] along the Arizona/Utah border; [[Castaic Lake]], [[Pyramid Lake (Los Angeles County, California)|Pyramid Lake]], [[Silverwood Lake]], [[Diamond Valley Lake]], and [[San Francisco Bay]]-Delta in California; Lewis Smith Lake in Alabama;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/FishingSubhomePage/LakeMapLandingPage/EastForkLakeFishingMap/tabid/19512/Default.aspx|title=East Fork Lake Fishing Map|website=Division of Wildlife|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109030316/http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/FishingSubhomePage/LakeMapLandingPage/EastForkLakeFishingMap/tabid/19512/Default.aspx|archive-date=January 9, 2013|publisher=Ohio Department of Natural Resources}}</ref> [[Lake Cumberland]] in Kentucky; Lake George in Florida; [[Lake Murray (South Carolina)|Lake Murray]] in South Carolina; [[Lake Lanier]] in Georgia; [[Watts Bar Lake]], in Tennessee; [[Lake Mead]], Nevada; [[Lake Texoma]] on the border of Texas and Oklahoma, [[Lake Tawakoni]], [[Lake Whitney (Texas)|Lake Whitney]], [https://www.buffalospringslake.net/ Buffalo Springs Lake], [[Possum Kingdom Lake]], and [[Lake Buchanan (Texas)|Lake Buchanan]] in Texas; [[Raystown Lake]] in Pennsylvania; [[Lake Wallenpaupack]] in Northeastern Pennsylvania; Umpqua River in Oregon and in Virginia's [[Smith Mountain Lake]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/waterbody/smith-mountain-lake/|title=Smith Mountain Lake|publisher=Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries|access-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref> and [[Leesville Lake|Leesville Reservoir]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/waterbody/leesville-reservoir/|title=Leesville Reservoir|publisher=Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries|access-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref>

Striped bass have also been introduced into waters in [[Ecuador]], [[Iran]], [[Latvia]], [[Mexico]], [[Russia]], [[South Africa]], and [[Turkey]], primarily for [[sport fishing]] and [[aquaculture]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>