Anglers in St. Mary’s County are reeling in impressive catches of striped bass, spot, perch, croaker, bluefish, and cobia ...

State regulators are set to hear from petitioners seeking to require terrapin excluder devices on crab cages next week. The ...

The latest report on the health of the Chesapeake Bay indicates potential problems for businesses on the water. Researchers ...

Maryland officials are considering lifting a current ban on fishing for striped bass, which could endanger the species in the ...

The latest report on the health of the Chesapeake Bay indicating potential problems for businesses on the water. Researchers ...

Chesapeake Bay is at a turning point. Once severely polluted, the bay has seen major improvements in recent years. But ...

A 10-year study provides the first quantitative evidence on a bay-wide scale that low-oxygen "dead zones" are ... oxygen in Chesapeake Bay can reduce the number and catch rates of demersal fish ...

The dead zone in the Chesapeake Bay, where there’s low oxygen for underwater life, was near its average size in 2024, according to new data from the Chesapeake Bay Program. The dead zone is the ...

Chesapeake Bay Program partners said Wednesday that the Bay’s “dead zone” in 2024 was near the long-time average taken from 1985 to 2023. Dead zones are areas of low oxygen that form when ...

Menhaden, or pogies, are a vital species in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem ... habitat for these critically important fish. The Bay’s menhaden are now pinched between industrial fishing and dead zones.” ...

Photo by Jay Gao on Shutterstock On September 4, state officials discovered around 24,000 dead menhaden or pogies in the Baltimore Harbor, a vital species in the Chesapeake ... Bay’s menhaden are now ...

In spite of above-average rainfall this spring, the Chesapeake Bay’s low-oxygen “dead zone” is predicted to be slightly larger than average this year. Though this year’s increased rainfall ...