Nearly 100 local leaders from across Maryland joined Governor Martin O’Malley and members of his cabinet in Ocean City today for the State’s June BayStat meeting. The Governor took the monthly meeting public for the first time to discuss Bay … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries Service will hold a public meeting Monday June 22, 2009, at the Northeast Community Center to discuss the possibility of establishing new aquaculture enterprise zones (AEZs), which are areas of the Chesapeake … Continued
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is hosting the 2009 James River Sojourn. The Alliance is a regional non-profit organization that builds and fosters partnerships to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers. The 2009 James River Sojourn … Continued
Maryland’s citizen oyster growing program has invited 12 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to coordinate oyster growing efforts in their local tributaries in 2009. Launched by Governor Martin O’Malley in September 2008, Marylanders Grow Oysters fosters stewardship of the Chesapeake Bay among … Continued
Fisheries to end by 2012 unless states submit a plan for exemption Maryland fishery managers have commended recent actions by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) to protect the declining river herring fishery, an important multi-state resource. An amendment … Continued