Federal and state stakeholders are getting close on an update to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement – a voluntary accord that sets ...

Conservationists in Virginia worry that overfishing of menhaden is harming the Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem. But state lawmakers have yet to approve funding to study the issue. In Virginia, some little ...

The commission was expected to adopt protective measures that would reduce angler harvest of striped bass in the bay.

The Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem is under threat from invasive blue catfish, which were inadvertently introduced to the region several decades ago. Luckily, according to Maryland state officials, the ...

On a breezy afternoon, Chris Dollar launched his boat into the Ware River in Gloucester, Virginia. Pulling away from the dock, he pointed to small ripples in the water: jumping menhaden, a small, ...

BALTIMORE -- The Chesapeake Executive Council, which includes the governors of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, pledged to update the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement which was signed a decade ...

James "Ooker" Eskridge's family - like those of many of his neighbors - has lived on this isolated island in Virginia's Chesapeake Bay for generations.

In Virginia, some little fish are at the center of a big, decadeslong fight. They're called menhaden. Conservationists worry that overfishing is harming the ecosystem in the Chesapeake Bay. Industry ...

Recreational fishermen and conservation groups worry overfishing for menhaden threatens the Chesapeake Bay. Industry says current data doesn't... A small fish is at the center of a big fight in the ...