On the Bay
What’s Next for Oyster Aquaculture: Maryland Scientists Meet with Growers to Identify New Research Priorities
Rona Kobell • December 15, 2017
A decade ago, Donald Webster could count the number of oyster farms in the state of Maryland on two hands. Read more . . .
A Suite of Sustainable Farming Practices Improves Bay Water Quality
Alex Lopatka • December 8, 2017
The water quality of American streams has declined for years, and a leading cause is fertilizer and pesticide runoff from agricultural land. The policy tool most often employed in Maryland to reduce this pollution has been cost sharing, where the state pays farmers to adopt more sustainable farming methods. Read more . . .
Monitoring Harmful Algae Effectively May Require Eyes on the Ground and In the Sky
Alex Lopatka • December 7, 2017
Researchers presented new methods for studying harmful algae in the Chesapeake Bay and other locations during the ninth U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae held in Baltimore this November. One emerging idea was to use satellite imagery to identify individual species of harmful algal blooms and monitor their activity. Read more . . .
By Lowering the Nutrients, the Susquehanna Flats SAV Bed Enhanced Its Own Recovery
Alex Lopatka • December 1, 2017
The more they grew, the better they did: New research shows that underwater grasses in the Susquehanna Flats in the upper Chesapeake Bay created conditions favorable to their resurgence there, by removing excess nitrogen from the water. Read more . . .
The Blue Crabs of November
Michael W. Fincham • November 21, 2017
Roger Morris knew autumn crabbing would end early in 2017. Last year the legal crabbing season lasted until the end of November. This year it would close down three days before Thanksgiving. So this short month would be his last shot at a good year. Read more . . .
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