WASHINGTON — Researchers say low oxygen levels should affect smaller-than-average areas of the Chesapeake Bay this year. Scientists said Tuesday that they are expecting smaller-than-average hypoxic levels this year, meaning a smaller-than-average “dead zone” in the nation’s largest estuary. Hypoxic ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay has dropped steeply, according to an annual survey released Friday, and Maryland officials said they will work with the crabbing industry to reduce bushel limits by about 10 percent ...

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There was nothing fishy about a waterman digging for clams in a protected zone of the Chesapeake Bay because the state natural resources department failed to publish the area’s specific boundaries, Maryland’s top court has held.

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Fisheries regulators have voted for a 20 percent cut in the catch of menhaden, an oily fish prized for use in dietary supplements, cosmetics and animal feed. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted Friday on the limit. The commission ...

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Maryland’s crab harvest last year led the nation. That’s according to figures released Wednesday by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Nearly 200 million pounds of blue crabs were landed nationwide last year, with Maryland accounting for more than 25 percent ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s striped bass population is rebounding, according to new survey results released by state fisheries scientists. The Department of Natural Resources said its Young of the Year survey released Tuesday shows striped bass spawning at the fourth-highest level ...

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For a long period of Maryland’s history, the greatest threat to the survival of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay did not come from parasite-spread diseases dermo and MSX. It came, instead, from armed bands of oyster poachers and pirates looking ...

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OCEAN CITY — Organizers say the conditions are right for this weekend’s Ocean City Tuna Tournament. Tournament director Jennifer Blunt says the talk at the dock is about how plentiful tuna is this year. Blunt says bad weather last summer ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland watermen will be able to catch more female crabs this fall. The Department of Natural Resources announced the change Thursday, saying fisheries managers determined the increase won’t negatively impact the population, which is rebounding after a sharp ...

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