Surveys of juvenile striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay watershed found lower numbers of fish in 2024. Conducted by biologists in Maryland and Virginia, the surveys included counts of juvenile striped bass and other species in waters of the Chesapeake … Continued
Sturgeon are ancient fish. Fossil records of sturgeon date back more than 260 million years ago to the Cretaceous period. Today, there are 25 different species of sturgeon worldwide. Many sturgeon species have declined due to overfishing, water pollution, vessel … Continued
American eels and other migratory fish are returning to the upper Patapsco River following a series of dam removals. Every year scientists from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) perform field work as part of the Maryland Biological Stream … Continued
Surveys of juvenile striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay watershed found lower numbers of fish in 2023. Conducted by biologists in Maryland and Virginia, the surveys included counts of juvenile striped bass and other species in waters of the Chesapeake … Continued
2022 surveys of juvenile striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay watershed yielded mixed results. Conducted by biologists in Maryland and Virginia, the surveys included counts of juvenile striped bass and other species in waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Maryland Striped Bass … Continued
1st Annual Snakehead FestivalApril 4, 2020Sailwinds ParkCambridge, Maryland The 1st Annual Maryland Snakehead Festival will be on Saturday, April 4, 2020. The event will be held at Governor’s Hall at Sailwinds Park in Cambridge, Maryland (200 Byrn St). Doors open … Continued
Two recent surveys of juvenile striped bass in waters of the Chesapeake Bay indicated mixed results for the bay wide stock. Conducted by biologists in Maryland and Virginia the surveys included counts of juvenile striped bass and other species in … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is part of a team of conservation agencies that was awarded a federal competitive State Wildlife Grant to work toward the recovery of Chesapeake logperch in the Susquehanna River basin. DNR will … Continued
A Maryland bowfisherman recently set a state record for northern snakehead. On May 24, Andrew “Andy” Fox of Mechanicsville took the record setting snakehead from Mattawoman Creek in Charles County. Fox and two friends where on an overnight bow fishing … Continued
The Maryland state fishing record for sheepshead (Chesapeake Division) was broken recently, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Dave Alveberg caught the 13.73-pound record breaking fish Aug. 17, in roughly 4 feet of water off South Marsh … Continued