The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has plummeted to 238 million in 2025, the second-lowest level since surveys began ...

Jose Argueta ran his knife along the spine of a Northern snakehead, pulling the meat from the body of one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most threatening invasive fish.

Blue catfish are an invasive predator in the Chesapeake Bay, so environmental leaders are working to make processing them easier. (Photo Courtesy of Kenny Fletcher and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation) ...

The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has fallen to its second-lowest level since 1990, down 25% from last year, according to an annual study published Thursday. The numbers are alarming ...

Including the Chesapeake Bay staple, the blue crab. "We do believe that catfish are likely having some level of impact on those small crabs as they're coming back after spawning into the bay.

The invasive blue catfish is potentially threatening a Chesapeake Bay staple, blue crabs. Maryland Public Television is set to air a documentary, “Eatin’ Blue Catfish,” on April 20 at 8 p.m ...

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 ...

This stems from the fact that the catfish are not native to the Chesapeake Bay, but rather are an invasive species. They were brought to Virginia waters in the 1970s for recreational fishing ...

But after a two-decade-long, $30 million effort to trap and kill the invasive species, wildlife experts have claimed victory in eradicating it from shores along the eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay.

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 ...

The blue catfish -- an invasive species that eats anything in its path -- is endangering the blue crab population and threatening other species native to the Chesapeake Bay.The bay's crab ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) has asked the federal government to declare the increasing population of invasive fish species in the Chesapeake Bay an ongoing commercial fishery disaster.