Virginia lawmakers shouldn’t further delay passage of a law that promises to shine light on the state of menhaden in the ...

Data is also used in guiding recreational and commercial fishing regulations. Allison Colden, Maryland executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, said it’s important to protect fish ...

(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Maryland commercial fishing groups argued to a Fourth Circuit panel Wednesday that an interstate commission’s regulations on striped bass in the ...

More menhaden are caught off the Louisiana coast each year than shrimp, crab and oysters combined. (Photo courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Program) A new bill in the U.S. Senate aims to combat illegal ...

Environmental advocates are expressing concern after a key regulatory commission opted not to impose immediate stricter fishing rules for striped bass, a vital species in the Chesapeake Bay which ...

Will rockfish ever thrive again in Chesapeake Bay? Why annual survey offers bleak outlook As stated in the release, short-term projections estimated an increase in fishing mortality in 2025.

Keeling’s great-uncle, Henry Moger, fished for shad using fyke nets. He worked sometimes at the railway and built boats on ...

This was applauded by numerous environmental advocates and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Although some critics in the recreational fishing community claim a distinction between the coast-wide and ...

FILE - This Aug. 2, 2011 file photo shows the west side of Tangier Island, Va., a fishing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) WASHINGTON (CN) — ...

Trained by the state of Maryland and the National Park Service, Chesapeake ... to the waters of the Bay— communities that have long relied on crabbing, oystering, fishing and boat building ...