The Chesapeake Bay Trust recently announced almost $1 million in grants to be awarded to more than 60 nonprofit organizations, municipalities and local schools throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. These awards, approved by the Trust’s board of trustees, will be … Continued
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board recently approved Addendum IV to Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass. The Addendum establishes new fishing mortality (F) reference points, as recommended by … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently announced that the 2014 juvenile striped bass index is 11.0, slightly below the 61-year average of 11.7. Striped bass, also called rockfish, spawn in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries each spring. The survival … Continued
Dozens of new public access sites are now open along rivers and streams of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. New trails, beaches, boat ramps, and small craft launch sites will allow people to walk, play, swim, fish and launch watercraft into … Continued
NOAA-funded scientists expect a slightly above-average hypoxic zone in the Chesapeake Bay in 2014. The forecast predicts a mid-summer low oxygen hypoxic zone of 1.97 cubic miles, an early-summer oxygen-free anoxic zone of 0.51 cubic miles, with the late-summer oxygen-free … Continued