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		<title>Shoreline Licensing For Waterfront Property Owners Opens</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 22, 2010, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife and Heritage Service announced that shoreline license applications are now being accepted from riparian (waterfront) property owners. Anyone owning riparian property, or persons who have the permission of the riparian property owner, may license their shoreline for the purpose of establishing stationary blinds [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/02-2010/27/shoreline-licensing-waterfront-property/' addthis:title='Shoreline Licensing For Waterfront Property Owners Opens '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Diamond Jim Or Imposter? Striped Bass Catch Could Be Worth $25,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Lyons of Denton, MD will find out if his recent striped bass catch is worth $500 or $25,000 at the 2009 Maryland Fishing Challenge Finale on September 19, 2009. Lyons caught the fifth tagged striped bass in the Fishing Challenge while trolling off Benoni Point in the Choptank River near the mouth of the [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/09-2009/13/diamond-jim-or-imposter/' addthis:title='Diamond Jim Or Imposter? Striped Bass Catch Could Be Worth $25,000 '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Website Launched for Chesapeake Bay Executive Order</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new website will increase government transparency and expand public participation in President Obama’s Executive Order on Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration. The website will serve as the clearinghouse for all Executive Order information, including news, documents and events from the various federal agencies working on new approaches to cleaning up the nation’s largest estuary. [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/08-2009/11/website-launched-for-chesapeake-bay-executive-order/' addthis:title='Website Launched for Chesapeake Bay Executive Order '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Governor O’Malley Signs Legislation to Deter Poaching and Toughen Penalties for Violating Fishing Laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 01:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Martin O’Malley has signed three new bills into law which will impose more serious penalties for fishing law violations in Maryland. &#8220;This legislation, like so many other efforts we are working on in Maryland, reflects our steadfast resolve to protect and maintain our State’s vast and diverse fishery population,&#8221; said Governor O’Malley. &#8220;Poaching and [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/05-2009/10/governor-o%e2%80%99malley-signs-legislation-to-deter-poaching-and-toughen-penalties-for-violating-fishing-laws/' addthis:title='Governor O’Malley Signs Legislation to Deter Poaching and Toughen Penalties for Violating Fishing Laws '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland DNR Announces 2009 Blue Crab Regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has adopted new regulations for the 2009 recreational and commercial blue crab fisheries. Like the 2008 regulations, these regulations are designed to achieve the target annual fishing level of 46 percent, with a continued focus on protecting mature female crabs to accelerate stock rebuilding. The target removal rate [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/03-2009/22/maryland-dnr-announces-2009-blue-crab-regulations/' addthis:title='Maryland DNR Announces 2009 Blue Crab Regulations '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>DNR, ORP &amp; Watermen Continue Oyster Bar Rehabilitation Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 24, 2009 the Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the next phase of a project involving the Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) and Chesapeake Bay watermen on the state&#8217;s oyster bar rehabilitation program. The project is part of a plan to help mitigate economic losses from the declining blue crab fishery, while also helping [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/02-2009/24/dnr-orp-watermen-continue-oyster-bar-rehabilitation-work/' addthis:title='DNR, ORP &#38; Watermen Continue Oyster Bar Rehabilitation Work '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/02-2009/23/national-fish-and-wildlife-foundation-chesapeake-bay-small-watershed-grants-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants (SWG) Program provides grants of $20,000 to $200,000 to organizations and local governments working on a local level to implement protects that improve small watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay basin, while building citizen-based resource stewardship. The program also provides small grants for project planning and design. This program is [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/02-2009/23/national-fish-and-wildlife-foundation-chesapeake-bay-small-watershed-grants-program/' addthis:title='National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Maryland Yellow Perch Regulations</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/01-2009/22/2009-maryland-yellow-perch-regulations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 22, 2009 the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released new regulations designed to ensure sustainable yellow perch populations and create new opportunities for recreational yellow perch fishing. The new guidelines will take effect on January 26, 2009. Under the new laws, the daily recreational creel limit increases from 5 fish per day [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/01-2009/22/2009-maryland-yellow-perch-regulations/' addthis:title='2009 Maryland Yellow Perch Regulations '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Hydrographic Crew Breaks Ice around Kent Narrows</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland Department of Natural Resources Hydrographic Operations crew has broken ice aboard the A.V. Sandusky along the coastline of Kent Narrows. &#8220;Our work of deicing Maryland’s waterways allows accessibility to a variety of people,&#8221; said Captain Shawn Orr. &#8220;If we let the ice build up on some of these areas for too long, it can [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/01-2009/22/hydrographic-crew-breaks-ice-around-kent-narrows/' addthis:title='Hydrographic Crew Breaks Ice around Kent Narrows '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Task Force on Fisheries Management Makes Recommendations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland’s Task Force on Fisheries Management recently submitted its 2008 Legislative Report to Governor Martin O’Malley, members of the Maryland General Assembly, and Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary John R. Griffin. &#8220;Maryland’s diverse fishery resources are irreplaceable, often serving as the center of our local economies, culture and quality of life,&#8221; said Governor Martin [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/12-2008/26/maryland-task-force-on-fisheries-management-makes-recommendations/' addthis:title='Maryland Task Force on Fisheries Management Makes Recommendations '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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