Chesapeake Bay News
The latest Chesapeake Bay news affecting powerboaters, anglers, and anyone living or working on the Chesapeake Bay. For Chesapeake business-related news, visit our Chesapeake Business News page.
November 17, 2017
The idea of a maritime museum in Deltaville, VA, got its start in 2000 when Ms. Pette Clarke donated her home to be used as a museum.
November 17, 2017
Each year around Thanksgiving (November 23), we like to ask our staff and contributors what they’re grateful for this year.
November 14, 2017
Grand Banks Yachts Limited is excited to announce the North American introduction of the pioneering and highly anticipated Grand Banks 60 at the Newport International Boat Show.
November 14, 2017
Italian yacht builder Austin Parker has announced the appointment of Chesapeake Yacht Center as its dealer for the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
November 14, 2017
Wayne Hamilton started Hamilton Marine out of his garage in Searsport, Maine, in 1977. As an avid boater, he saw a need on the waterfront for a diverse marine supply store.
November 14, 2017
Snag-A-Slip, an online boat slip reservation company, announces that it has closed a $4.8 Million Series A financing round led by Claritas Capital.
November 14, 2017
On November 13, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Menhaden Management Board voted to continue with the status quo for managing the menhaden fishery rather than immediately adop
November 13, 2017
Around 7:20 a.m. on November 12, the commercial spaceflight company Orbital ATK successfully launched its Cygnus spacecraft aboard an Antares rocket, bound for the International Space Station.
November 10, 2017
In mid-October, NOAA reported a new discovery; that one of the most common and well-studied jellyfish species along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico is actually made up of two species.
November 10, 2017
In honor of Veterans Day, Governor Larry Hogan announced today that all military veterans, including resid
November 9, 2017
The Nature Conservancy and Maryland Department of Natural Resources have announced the completion of the first stage of a major new project to restore floodplain connectivity to a nine-mile stretch of
November 9, 2017
Those of us who keep boating late into autumn know that it is a special time of year on the water.
November 8, 2017
The State of Maryland continues to press forward with plans to dredge old oyster shells from the largest remaining deposit in Maryland's portion of the Chesapeake Bay.
November 7, 2017
The annual Fish for a Cure charity fishing tournament was held November 4 out of Annapolis, MD.
November 3, 2017
If you haven’t begun thinking about winterizing your boat yet, you may want to start your end-of-
November 1, 2017
After Halloween often comes the unwanted task of disposing of old pumpkins.
October 31, 2017
This is news to us, but several towns across the country and in Canada celebrate the arrival of Autumn with giant pumpkin regatta. You heard us, giant pumpkin regattas. And we mean giant.
October 31, 2017
Earlier this month, the Chesapeake Conservancy celebrated the 2017 "Champions of the Chesapeake" at an awards ceremony honoring Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, Mount