The health of the Chesapeake Bay increased this year to C-, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) biennial State of the Bay report. Continued implementation of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint and below average rainfall resulted in improvements in … Continued
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
The Chesapeake Bay, like most American estuaries, suffers from excess nutrient runoff. A recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study suggests that urban leaf litter removal might be one tool to help reduce phosphorus and nitrogen in nearby waterways. According to … 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