Scientists say there is some encouraging news for Chesapeake Bay blue crabs this year after six consecutive years of below-average juvenile populations.

Researchers have published a nearly 40-year study documenting just how prevalent cannibalism is in the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population and how protecting shallow-water habitat could play a vital role in sustaining the Bay’s most iconic crustacean.

A bipartisan bill aimed at tackling the growing problem of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay has passed the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is encouraging Marylanders to weigh in on proposed changes to the state’s striped bass fishing season.

Multiple state leaders including Governors Wes Moore, Matt Meyer, Glenn Youngkin, and Josh Shapiro met in Baltimore on Tuesday to approve a revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement to guide a multi-state and federal effort to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay.

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) has released its 19th annual Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card, showing a decline in overall Bay health from the previous C+ rating to a grade of C.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to cut back on regulations under the Trump administration is drawing sharp criticism from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), a nonprofit focused on restoring and protecting the Bay.

Governors from Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania gathered with various other officials Tuesday in what the Chesapeake Bay Program says may be the most important meeting for the Program since the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement was originally signed a decade ago.

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.