By Jack Motz For the past week or so, heavy machinery has dotted the west shoreline of Lake Montauk as several infrastructure ...

Maryland’s oyster population is soaring again. Watermen who are dredging the bottom of the bay and its tributaries are seeing continued increases in the number of bushels they harvest, and an industry ...

In a sign the overall health of the Chesapeake Bay is improving, oyster harvests have been nothing short of plentiful, with a strong likelihood too of a successful next season. The most recent ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (WAVY) – The owner of the Ever Forward container ship will have to pay more than $600,000 to restore oyster bars in the area of the Chesapeake Bay where it ran aground last March after ...

TODDVILLE, Md. - Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released its annual oyster survey, reporting that the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population is booming. Researchers credit the weather ...

Maryland officials approved a measure Wednesday requiring the owner of the container ship Ever Forward to help restore natural oyster habitats as compensation for the effects of the vessel’s in the ...

The Chesapeake Bay’s once-moribund oyster industry has been on a roll recently, and last season Maryland watermen hauled in their biggest harvest in 36 years — 623,000 bushels. After an “exceptional” ...

CAMBRIDGE, Md. - This holiday season, your oyster feast for Thanksgiving or Christmas might cost a little less. While the season is still in its infancy, watermen are reporting lesser earnings for ...