A reservior of high-salinity groundwater found more than 1,000 meters (0.6 mi.) deep under the Chesapeake Bay is actually remnant water from the Early Cretaceous North Atlantic Sea and is probably 100-145 million years old, according to U.S. Geological Survey … Continued
New research by the U.S. Geological Survey conducted on the Delmarva Peninsula, which forms the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, indicates it may take several decades for many water-quality management practices aimed at reducing nitrogen input to the Bay … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently announced that the 2013 Striped Bass juvenile index is 5.8, higher than last year’s results of 0.9, but below the 60-year average of 11.7. The survey is conducted to track the reproductive success … Continued
In October, Governor Martin O’Malley announced that the State and its partners produced and planted a record number of native baby oysters (spat) in 2013. The University of Maryland Horn Point Lab Oyster Hatchery team in Cambridge set a new … Continued
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has released a new report entitled: Proceedings of a Workshop on American Eel Passage Technologies. The report summarizes the findings and recommendations of a July 2011 workshop that brought together over 120 biologists, engineers, … Continued