Anthony and his son, Jacob, met me at Sandy Point State Park promptly at 7am. Before leaving the dock everyone put on an automatic/manual inflatable personal floatation device and we had a safety briefing. They […]
Federal funding to support agricultural conservation measures in the Bay watershed has fallen sharply since Congress approved a new Farm Bill last year, a development that has alarmed environmentalists, farm groups and state officials. The […]
The cownose ray is majestic, a hawk of the sea. Approaching a school of the kite-shaped creatures through clear waters is a thrill for divers and boaters every spring, when the rays return to the […]
For more than two decades, trucks pulled into the seafood-processing houses of the Eastern Shore and the Northern Neck each winter, packed with oysters from Louisiana. Maryland and Virginia shuckers needed product to feed their […]
Fishery managers are moving forward with proposals to slash harvest pressure on female blue crabs by 10 percent after an annual survey found their numbers had dipped slightly below the level deemed “safe” by scientists. […]
Over the last year, Bay Program officials have been immersed in setting quantifiable objectives to include in a new Bay agreement. How many acres of wetlands should be restored? How many acres of forest buffers […]
Well wishes to everybody and I hope you all are ready for some outstanding bass fishing opportunities in 2014. Winter has finally started to loosen its grip on us up here in the northeast. The […]
Bay Journal Report: This map shows the location of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure and sites of various deep core holes and wells. The black and red circular lines mark the outer edges of the […]
A 10-year study of Chesapeake Bay fishes by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science provides the first quantitative evidence on a bay-wide scale that low-oxygen “dead zones” are impacting the distribution and abundance […]
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