Chesapeake Bay News
The latest Chesapeake Bay news affecting powerboaters, anglers, and anyone living or working on the Chesapeake Bay. For Chesapeake business-related news, visit our Chesapeake Business News page.
September 9, 2021
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Audubon Mid-Atlantic, and Maryland Coastal Bays Program are partnering in research and monitoring efforts to preserve three of Maryland’s state e
August 23, 2021
Passagemaker’s TrawlerFest will return in person to
August 17, 2021
The Live Water Foundation will offer a full-service oyster cage program on Annapolis’ historic Back Creek, thanks to a partnership with the Severn River Association as part of Oyster Recovery Partn
August 16, 2021
Did you know there are many great job options in the Chesapeake Bay marine industry and options for training, such as a
August 9, 2021
The 300-pound concrete oyster reef balls dotted with holes each made a slight splash as they were carefully lowered by crane into the
July 29, 2021
Freshwater mussels play an amazing yet little-known role in healthy rivers and streams in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
July 22, 2021
Are you making it difficult to be found in a search and rescue emergency situation?
July 21, 2021
Governor Larry Hogan has announced the award of $22 million to 25 ecological restoration projects that will improve water quality and habitat in the
July 19, 2021
Like a welcome port on the horizon, we can see the end of Covid restrictions.
July 16, 2021
As pandemic conditions generated a surge of 415,000 first-time boat buyers in 2020, a 35 percent increase, recently released U.S.
July 15, 2021
The 2020 Chesapeake Bay Report Card issued June 22 by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCE
July 12, 2021
Boat owners wishing to do good or take advantage of potential tax benefits may consider donat
July 8, 2021
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1 million to a team of researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) to study how the nutrient plume of the n
June 20, 2021
Despite Covid-related restrictions for humans, bottlenose dolphins have returned to the middle portions of the Chesapeake Bay to kick off the 2021 season!
June 17, 2021
The Marine Trades Association of Maryland reports that as of the end of April, non-oxygenated ethanol-free E0 fuel is available in Maryland.
June 9, 2021
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has designated the Chester River as a No Discharge Zone (NDZ) in Mar
June 3, 2021
The boating lifestyle has surged in demand since the onset of the 2020 pandemic as we look for socially distant ways to
June 1, 2021
The new Anne Arundel County Plan 2040: good or bad for new public boat ramps and public water acces