Privateer made inroads with the Chesapeake Bay commercial fishing boat market early. This photo was taken in the 1980s of the ...

The court ruled that it was the state the fishing entities should sue over regulations, not an interstate compact ...

The decision has alarmed groups like the Chesapeake Bay Foundation ... restaurants, marinas, commercial fishing and equipment sales. However, reproduction rates for striped bass have plummeted ...

A critical fish species in the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic menhaden, could be declining rapidly. Or its numbers could be growing. There is no data on Atlantic menhaden populations in ...