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blue catfish — Blue Catfish. Photo by Fabian Glantschnig on Shutterstock

Grant reflects Va.'s complex relationship with blue catfish

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Young crabber records life on Chesapeake, one post at a time

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U.S agencies skip Md. hearing on wind

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Commentary: NOAA cares about whales — unless wind farms are involved

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This classic wooden deadrise workboat was one of over 100 hulls that Francis and Esther Haynie built at their Virginia home/boatyard. Larry Chowning photo.

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Remembering Haynie’s Boatyard

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Rutgers underwater robots called gliders being deployed in 2023 to observe water quality along the New Jersey coastal shelf. Rutgers University photo/Chip Haldeman.

Rutgers scientists saw low oxygen, fish mortality in 2023

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Menhaden fishermen handle a purse seine full of fish in Chesapeake Bay. A bill before the Virginia House of Delegates is recommending a three year study of Atlantic Menhaden in Virginia waters. Larry Chowning photo.

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Virginia lawmakers could order sweeping study of menhaden

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The Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corporation, in partnership with multiple state and local responders, refloat the Ever Forward Sunday, April 17, in the Chesapeake Bay. George Mason University photo.

Maryland to plant oysters as mitigation for 2022 ship grounding

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Oyster. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Maryland reports another strong year for juvenile oysters

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Md. seeks to control catfish as disaster declaration is declined

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Developers of the Vineyard Wind 1 project said one of their turbines delivered electricity onshore to Massachusetts for the first time Jan. 2. Vineyard Wind image.

First power from Vineyard Wind, as Empire Wind 2 agreement is cancelled

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