One new oyster reef being installed in the Chesapeake Bay by a Virginia company will be full of mollusks that aren’t necessarily destined for your dinner plate. Improving…
Read more These oyster beds are earning money, but not because they’re being harvested – WTOP NewsA new College of William & Mary’s Center for Conservation Biology report details the struggle Ospreys face to reproduce and raise viable chicks in the Chesapeake region. File…
Read more Report: A bird of prey is struggling to reproduce in the Chesapeake Bay – WTOP NewsPart 2 of WTOP’s Claws and Effect series looks at the competition the Chesapeake Bay blue crab is facing under the water. This week, WTOP takes you from…
Read more Claws and Effect: Who’s to blame for the blue crabs’ disappearance? – WTOP NewsThe push is on to get blue catfish on more restaurant menus, dinner plates, and anywhere else that can keep the population manageable (if not eradicated) as they…
Read more These fish are everywhere. Maryland only wants them on your dinner plate – WTOP NewsAnglers cannot target certain types of fish in certain parts of Maryland for the time being, and extreme heat is to blame. Recreational fishers and anglers cannot target…
Read more Fishing limitations in effect for Maryland as heat wave brings up water temps – WTOP NewsBlue catfish grow to large sizes, are tasty to eat and can be easily caught in the majority of Maryland’s rivers — the problem is they’re considered invasive,…
Read more ‘They’re everywhere’: Maryland seeks to reduce supply of tasty, invasive blue catfish – WTOP News1/5 Two Maryland watermen work to harvest oysters. (WTOP/John Domen) As the commercial oyster season starts to wind down, it’s clear that things have vastly improved from just…
Read more A booming oyster population has Md. watermen hopeful, but right now they’re hurting – WTOP NewsChesapeake, Virginia — The Walmart supervisor who shot and killed six co-workers in Virginia seemed to target people and fired at some victims after they were already hit…
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