Typically, the Chesapeake Bay area is associated with scenic shorelines, but it felt more like Home on the Range when the ...

Researchers with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) are asking for your help in tracking ...

Summer-like temperatures are starting to produce summertime catches, as most of the warm water species have arrived in local waters. One of those summertime species, the cobia, has shown up in good ...

The 2025 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey has revealed an all-time low population. Here's what you need to know about the decline.

The Chesapeake Bay striped bass season opened downstream from a line drawn from the south corner of Hart-Miller Island Dike to the end of MD Route 21 at Tolchester and south to the MD/VA line ...

Through his proposed “skinny budget,” which outlines White House priorities, advocates worry that President Donald Trump has signaled that federal funding for the Chesapeake Bay is at risk ...

So, I think there’s even a deeper layer with fishing. ASGA advocate Nick Jones shows off a large sheepshead. Image courtesy of American Saltwater Guides Association.

According to state leaders, the Chesapeake Bay has a major impact on Maryland's economy. The state's shellfish aquaculture has an estimated economic impact of more than $13 million annually ...

UPDATED: February 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM EST HARRISBURG, Pa. — At a dire point in the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort, some say hope is springing from an unlikely place: the state of Pennsylvania.

Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts have been a mixed bag, EPA reports. Groups working to clean up the bay hope to set new goals if 2025 goals go unmet.

Red drum, sheepshead and speckled trout catches continue to produce citations in the Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament for county residents. Newly listed in the Oct. 23 issue of vasaltwaterjournal ...