A seafood program with roots on the West Coast is expanding into the Mid-Atlantic, with a mission that tackles two challenges at once: feeding students healthier meals and reducing the population of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Maryland’s Eastern Shore on Wednesday to announce $6 million in federal grant funding aimed at tackling invasive catfish in the Chesapeake Bay while boosting local seafood processors.

Maryland's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is enlisting the help of charter boat captains and commercial watermen in a new effort to control the growing population of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay.

Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently removed almost 3,000 pounds of blue catfish from the Chesapeake Bay as part of a catfish monitoring project.

Fishers cast their lines at the 3rd annual Nanticoke River Invasive Fishing Derby at Cherry Beach Park in Sharptown on Saturday.

A new video shows hundreds of blue catfish gathering in a section of the Wicomico River, bringing light to an ongoing issue crabbers and fisherman say is only getting worse. 

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is now accepting applications for invasive fish control grants of up to $5,000. This grant …

In the ongoing struggle to mitigate the impact of blue catfish on the Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem, Governor Wes Moore's proactive approach, from last year, faces a setback as the request for a fishery resource disaster declaration has been denied by the federal government.

In response, the state of Maryland has adopted a unique approach: encouraging residents to consume the fish before it devours the bay's ecosystem. One restaurant leading this initiative is Headwaters Seafood and Grill in Easton.