How Worried Should You Be About Striped Bass?
In recent years, the iconic striped bass, often called rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay region, have dropped to very low numbers. Fisheries expert Chris Moore …
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Third straight D+ for the Chesapeake Bay
Scientists at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation graded the estuary’s health at a D+ for the third time in a row, with the blue crab population …
2020 State of the Bay Report
This year, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) assessment of the State of the Bay remained at a D+, but declined by one point from 2018. …
Chesapeake Bay health worsened in 2018
According to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s 2018 State of the Bay report, Chesapeake Bay suffered a massive assault in 2018. Extraordinary weather flushed enormous amounts of nitrogen, …