The Maryland Department of Natural Resources and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science will bring together more than 200 local officials, business and industry leaders, resource stakeholders and users, scientists, and federal and state agency experts for Maryland’s first State of the Coast conference. The event takes place May 21-23 at the Hyatt Regency […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces the 2018 Spring Trophy Striped Bass season begins at 5 a.m. April 21, 2018 in Maryland’s portions of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries. The fishing season will continue through midnight May 15, with a catch limit of one fish daily with a size limit of 35 […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces that the blue crab season officially opens April 1, 2018 in Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries as well as the Atlantic Ocean and coastal bays. “The beginning of blue crab season is a Maryland tradition,” Fishing and Boating Services Director David Blazer said. “Crabbing is a unique […]
Continue ReadingShardana Sailing Charters (The Sea Peoples) has opened a sailing charter business based in Rock Hall MD, according to Captain Andrew Seligman, the President of Shardana Sailing Charters, Inc. Have you ever experienced the dream like quality of waking up on a sailboat anchored in a magical Chesapeake Bay cove, awaiting the coffee (or tea) […]
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Washington College today joined the launch of the Chesapeake 10 Billion Oysters Partnership, a collaborative effort to add 10 billion oysters to the Bay by 2025. WC is the only liberal arts college in Maryland among the dozens of participants in Maryland and Virginia, which include the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science, the […]
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Editor’s Note: This year’s May 12 Elf Classic Yacht Race from the Eastport Yacht Club to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is being postponed. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum says that the Classic Yacht Restoration Guild, the race’s organizers, the event will be restructured and rescheduled to a later date in the year. ##### (Contributed) […]
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