U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks on Thursday announced $1 million in federal funding to boost processing of invasive blue catfish on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
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Maryland watermen will get two extra weeks to harvest oysters this season after weeks of ice and frigid temperatures kept boats off the water this winter.
CAMBRIDGE, Md. - Bitter cold and ice have brought oystering to a standstill across parts of the Mid-Shore, leaving watermen tied to the dock and out of work. Frozen waterways have made it too dangerous to head out, and local watermen say the ice is just the latest challenge in an industry already under pressure from competition and market fluctuations.
Mark Ridgway says he received a call at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1 from a Webster's Cove waterman that his boat was floating away from his…
The body of a missing Princess Anne waterman has been recovered nearly ten days after his vessel was found unmanned in the waters off Somerset County.
The search for a missing 65-year-old Somerset County waterman resumed Wednesday morning, after a brief pause Tuesday evening due to the inclem…
The search for a missing 65-year-old Somerset County waterman resumed Wednesday morning, after a brief pause Tuesday evening due to the inclement weather.
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.
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.
Watermen are voicing their concern over the erosion of the southern end of the island, threatening Curtis Merritt Harbor.