On December 16, 2016, NOAA Fisheries released an action plan intended to better position people in the Northeast to deal with what happens to valuable marine life as waters warm. The action plan addresses the Northeast U.S. Shelf Ecosystem, which … Continued
The National Ocean Service (NOS) recently announced that NOAA 2017 tide tables are now available. Produced for 150 years, tide tables are used by both commercial and recreational mariners for safe navigation. Printed tide tables provide users with tide and … Continued
A recent assessment funded by NOAA Marine Debris Program of the ecological and economic impacts of derelict fishing gear in the Chesapeake Bay estimated that abandoned crab pots catch more than 6 million blue crabs annually, killing more than half … Continued
Nearly $2.4 million in environmental education grants will be funded by the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office through the competitive B-WET (Bay-Watershed Education and Training) Chesapeake program this year. B-WET is an environmental education program that supports locally relevant outdoors, experience-based … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently the City of Cambridge, the Town of Oxford, and the Town of St. Michaels with financial and technical assistance through the Working Waterfronts Program. Chesapeake and Coastal Service Director Matthew Fleming described … Continued