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The site includes a variety of tools providing online access to real time Chesapeake Bay water quality monitoring graphs. Interactive maps on the BayStat website show pollution sources in Maryland, as well as Maryland’s progress towards its Tributary Strategy Goal and 2-year Milestone.
Log Canoe Edmee S. on a trailer at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum with the Point Lookout Tower in the background. The log canoe is a type of sailboat developed in the Chesapeake Bay region. Based on the dugout, it was the principal traditional fishing boat of the bay until superseded by the bugeye and the skipjack. However, it is most ...
The latest Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey has revealed an overall dip in crabs in Maryland waterways amid continuing decreasing numbers.. According to the study, an estimated 317 ...
Jug Bay and Otter Point Creek were designated in 1990. The purpose of the 6,249 acres (25.29 km 2 ) Maryland Reserve, managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, is to manage protected estuarine areas as natural field laboratories and to develop and implement a coordinated program of research, monitoring, education and volunteer ...
The Chesapeake Bay (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ s ə p iː k / CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the state of Delaware.
Tangier Sound is a sound of the Chesapeake Bay bounded on the west by Tangier Island in Virginia, and Smith Island and South Marsh Island in Maryland, by Deal Island in Maryland on the north, and the mainland of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Pocomoke Sound on the east. It stretches into Virginia as far south as Watts Island.
An issue of Chesapeake Bay Magazine. Chesapeake Bay Magazine is a monthly publication focusing on boating, leisure, and lifestyle on the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding areas. Articles include such topics as "Nautical Know-How" and "boating destinations". [1] Fishing, water sports, and sailing are also highlighted.
On March 20, 2023, then 12 year old Henry Bulgin set the first Junior IGFA All-Tackle Length world record by landing a 98 cm (39 in) striped bass while fishing the Chesapeake Bay just south of Annapolis, Maryland, but this was beaten by the end of that year by a 114 cm (45 in) specimen in the same bay, just off Virginia. [26]