For decades, people have debated whether an Atlantic menhaden industrial fishing fleet is fishing sustainably in the Chesapeake Bay. But without solid data, fishing continues.

A menhaden pulled from the Chesapeake Bay in the area of Jordan Point Marina. (Photo by Charlie Paullin/Virginia Mercury) A board that oversees the management of critical forage fish menhaden along ...

File photo of an Osprey with a fish returning to the nest to feed chicks. (Courtesy Dave Gelenter/CBF Staff) Ospreys — the large brown and white birds of prey that rule over the waterways of the ...

The Owl Moon Raptor Center in Boyds in Montgomery County usually takes in about 50 ospreys a year for a mix of reasons, such as fishing line entanglements. But this year more than 80 of the birds were ...