March is an exciting time for fishermen on the Atlantic Coast. As temperatures rise in the Northeast, it’s not just birds that begin to migrate—fish do as well. Among these migrating fish is the famed ...

Lighthouses have a mystique that captures the imagination. Is it that they, as guiding lights in darkness, make us feel ...

If you want to catch big stripers, you'll have to shake off the stigma of using live bait. Here's how to catch stripers on ...

The cream of crab soup is a Maryland staple, rich and loaded with crab meat in a velvety base. Salads come topped with various proteins, allowing you to keep things relatively light while still ...

The whole family can spend an hour or two exploring without spending a dime. Bring a picnic lunch and make an afternoon of it. The dinosaurs don’t mind if you eat near them. This place proves that ...

After consecutive years of poor striped bass reproduction, anglers and fisheries managers hope for a strong spring spawn. The post Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass in Peril appeared first on Sport Fishing ...

By Katherine Hafner/WHRO Each summer for nearly four decades, scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center ...

When Becky O’Brien dangles herring over a tank of over a dozen swimming sharks, it only takes seconds for a zebra shark to ...

The Chesapeake Bay Program is pleased to announce the release of the annual 2024-2025 Bay Barometer: Health and Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. This report summarizes data and information ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. / ACCESS Newswire / March 6, 2026 / The Menhaden Fisheries Coalition strongly criticizes the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Will Poston for exploiting the recent fish wash-up from Cape ...

Led by scientists from the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and NOAA, it will review existing menhaden science, identify key data gaps, and recommend ...

A 37-year study in the Chesapeake Bay revealed that a major predator of young blue crabs might be their own kind ...