Young-of-the-year spotted hake,
Urophycis regius were present in the York River and lower Chesapeake Bay between March and June when the bottom water temperatures were from
6.5 to 25.0 C. Hake were not found in waters of less than 7 ‰ salinity and were caught at progressively higher salinities
as the upriver water temperature increased above 18 C. In April, fish upriver were larger than those downriver.
Contribution No. 439 from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.