Chesapeake crab assessment focuses on females

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 9, 2011
Tags: adult crabs, biologists, chesapeake bay, chesapeake crabs, crab harvest, crabs, federal assessment, female crabs, male crabs

Big male crabs fetch the highest prices, but when it comes to ensuring the Chesapeake Bay will continue to produce those No. 1 males, researchers are increasingly paying attention to how many females are harvested. A new assessment released Tuesday further refines recommendations on how many female crabs should be in the bay to maintain [...]

Maryland-raised cranes to repopulate Louisiana

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 8, 2011
Tags: biologists, cranes, Louisiana, maryland, migrate, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, raised, repopulate, water foul, whooping cranes, wildlife

NEW ORLEANS — A small group of some of the world’s rarest birds is set to be released this month in Louisiana, where there hasn’t been a wild flock of whooping cranes for well over half a century. The birds are being flown in crates from the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel. They were [...]

Research shows rain, temperature in spring affects striped bass

BY: Bay Journal News Service
POSTED: December 14, 2010
Tags: biologists, BWI Airport, chesapeake bay, Environment, fish, fishing industry, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Cooperative Oxford Laboratory, reasearch, rockfish, seafood, striped bass, U.S. Geological Survey
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More than two months before biologists threw their first net into the water to gauge the success of this year’s striped bass reproduction, Ed Martino had the answer, and he never had to leave his desk. Rockfish reproduction, Martino determined in May, would be “well below average.” The researcher with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [...]