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 ...

(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 ...

a fishing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) WASHINGTON (CN) — America's largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay, moved closer to becoming a national ...

Congress dashed hopes for a Chesapeake National Recreation Area to be created this year by leaving town without finalizing ...

On the largely undeveloped Delmarva peninsula – which is surrounded by the Chesapeake Bay to the west ... an effort to save its crucial commercial fishing industry. The Worcester County ...

John Sarbanes (D-Md) - combines a series of sites and Bay properties to create a Chesapeake National Recreation Area (CNRA ... including water navigation or fishing. According to the lawmakers ...