MARYLAND, USA — Maryland's rockfish are struggling to reproduce, putting the species at risk. That's according to the results of the 2024 juvenile striped bass survey, which tracks the reproductive ...

Maryland’s annual survey of juvenile striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay returned its second-worst result since the survey began in the 1950s. It also was the fifth year in a row that the annual survey ...

CHESAPEAKE BEACH, Md. — There are new signs that the Chesapeake Bay’s signature fish species, the Rockfish, is in deep trouble. Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources proposed emergency ...

Slumping spawning numbers for the prized striped bass, or rockfish, along the Atlantic coast have led to Maryland presenting emergency regulations to bolster their population. A decision on Wednesday ...

Maryland Department of Natural Resources officials submitted a proposed “baseline reset” for recreational striped bass ...

After five straight years of troubling data on the population of young rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland officials plan to enact emergency regulations canceling this spring’s trophy season for ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced results of this year’s juvenile striped bass survey, which tracks the reproductive success of Maryland’s state fish in the Chesapeake Bay.. The ...

A rockfish is caught on a fishing trip in Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)(The Washington Post via Getty Im/The Washington Post) Citing concerns about the ...

”That’s the time when Maryland fishermen have access to what is essentially a large, oceanic fish,” said Lynn Fegley, director of fishing and boating services at Maryland’s Department of Natural ...