The health of the Chesapeake Bay is a multi-state, bipartisan priority, as passage of the MAWS Act demonstrates.

After consecutive years of poor striped bass reproduction, anglers and fisheries managers hope for a strong spring spawn. The ...

Researchers have published a nearly 40-year study documenting just how prevalent cannibalism is in the Chesapeake Bay’s blue ...

Invasive blue catfish are a growing problem for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem; the U.S. House has passed a bill to encourage the use of Chesapeake blue catfish as pet and animal food.

Young blue crabs find refuge from many predators in the mid-salinity waters of some spots along the Chesapeake Bay. But there, they face another threat: Getting eaten by their older peers. At one of ...

Young blue crabs face their biggest threat from their own kind, but shallow water can provide a crucial refuge from cannibalism.

The blue catfish is an invasive species in the Chesapeake Bay, and there is a multi-state effort to get those fish out of the bay and instead put adding to pet food.

A bipartisan bill aimed at tackling the growing problem of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay has passed the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (ACCESS Newswire) — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources released its 2025 Chesapeake Bay Young-of-Year Striped Bass Survey Results, and for the third year in a row, the news ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A menhaden pulled from the Chesapeake Bay in the area of Jordan Point Marina. (Photo by Charlie Paullin/Virginia Mercury) A board ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. / ACCESS Newswire / March 6, 2026 / The Menhaden Fisheries Coalition strongly criticizes the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Will Poston for exploiting the recent fish wash-up from Cape ...