The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries Service recently announced that the agency is making a significant management change to the commercial Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass fishery. According to MD DNR, the system will comply with new Atlantic States … Continued
Overall abundance of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs dropped from 765 million to 300 million crabs, according to the 2013 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey. Juvenile crabs declined from 581 million to 111 million. The number of spawning-age females increased from … Continued
New oyster shell recycling legislation has been passed by both the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates. The legislation will provide a tax credit for those individuals and businesses who help to grow the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population by recycling … Continued
Results of Maryland’s 2012 Fall Oyster Survey show that oyster population and reproduction increased for the second consecutive year, and diseases, which decimated the oyster population in 2002, remained far below their long-term averages. Maryland has monitored the status of … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently released recreational summer flounder regulations for the 2013 fishing season. Recreational anglers may keep up to 4 summer flounder per person per day. The minimum size for summer flounder is 16 inches … Continued