Newly proposed legislation aims to pay seafood processors and pet food makers to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay by using an ...

Local lawmakers have proposed the Mitigation Action and Watermen Support Act to curb invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake ...

The Chesapeake Bay has a lot of blue catfish, and that's a problem. Now lawmakers have a plan, to see if the invasive fish ...

Multiple Congressional Representatives from Maryland and Virginia have joined forces to introduce a unique federal response ...

Blue catfish are hungry creatures. They are found in most Chesapeake Bay tributaries, gobbling up species that environmentalists have worked to rebuild for years. From mussels and menhaden to ...

Now, these invasive catfish can be found in nearly every Chesapeake Bay tributary, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Allison Colden, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Maryland senior fisheries ...

Seafood processors say federal rules on handling blue catfish hamper efforts to remove the invasive species from the Chesapeake Bay. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 83°F.

Blue catfish are wreaking havoc on native species in the Chesapeake Bay. To reduce the damage, environmentalists want to encourage more restaurants to add the whiskered predator to their menus.

Restaurants. Stadiums. Prisons. There's a big new push to get invasive blue catfish out of the Chesapeake Bay and onto a variety of menus. Why it matters: The Bay's blue catfish population is ...

BALTIMORE — Governor Wes Moore is federal assistance for the Chesapeake Bay, amid concerns of an increase in invasive fish species, the Governor's office said Thursday. According to the Maryland ...

The invasive species in question is the blue catfish, a species so large it has become known as the "River Monster of the Potomac " and other major Chesapeake Bay tributaries. The catfish's diet ...