FILE - This photo shows the National Weather Service monitoring station in Brownville, Texas, May 23, 2014. (David Pike/Valley Morning Star via AP, File)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has responded to a young North Atlantic right whale found dead and washed up on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Maryland’s U.S. Congressman Andy Harris has sent a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to request a declaration of an economic fishery disaster in order to secure assistance for Maryland oystermen.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources officials are asking people along the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast to watch for sea turtles and marine mammals showing signs of cold-stunning.
Multiple Congressional Representatives from Maryland and Virginia have joined forces to introduce a unique federal response to the growing threat of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay - one that could see the fish being used in pet food.
After a year of long-term rehabilitation under the National Aquarium's Animal Rescue program, sea turtle Pegasus is approaching her final stage of recovery and preparing for release.
Local watermen along with numerous other charter boat associations from other East Coast states have filed a federal lawsuit against the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) over tightened restrictions on fishing for striped bass, or rockfish.
A dead humpback whale found in the Indian River Bay last week has finally been washed back out to sea.
Coordinated efforts to move the body of a deceased humpback whale discovered in the shallows of the Indian River Bay this week have so far proven unsuccessful.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has reported a dead whale in Delaware waters.
