It’s the best of times in recent memory for Chesapeake Bay oysters. It’s just the opposite, though, for the Maryland and ...

Maryland watermen have joined an effort to remove lost and discarded blue crab traps — or “ghost gear” — from the upper Chesapeake Bay in advance of the planned $1 billion container ship terminal at ...

Twenty vessels and 40 watermen are combing Baltimore County waters this month as part of a coordinated ghost gear removal ...

ANNAPOLIS, MD - Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has thrown his support behind new legislation aimed at improving the Chesapeake Bay while bolstering the industries that rely on its waters. The proposed ...

Richard Pelz, president of Circle C Oyster Ranch at St. Jerome Creek in Ridge, has a better idea for restoring the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population. Maryland’s “restoration efforts are going awful ...

On the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, fishing is *** little slow, but conditions are great. Captain Troy is fishing for striped bass. I started fishing when I was 8 years old. For this 5th generation ...

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Van Lennep Auditorium was packed on Saturday, Feb. 17, for “Troubled Waters: Black Watermen,” co-hosted by the St. Michaels Community Conversations on Race, the St ...

ROCK HALL — On Feb. 14, 2023, during his first official visit to Maryland’s Eastern Shore as governor, Wes Moore stood before a group of local leaders and watermen and reflected on the state’s coastal ...