Tagged Stories: "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"

Blue and flathead catfish are two invasive species that threaten the Chesapeake Bay's rivers.

The federal government has officially declared the Chesapeake Bay’s Atlantic sturgeon an endangered species.

In 2011, 510 million baby oysters were planted on more than 315 acres in six Bay rivers, according to the Oyster Recovery Partnership.

NOAA will launch its last Chesapeake Bay "smart buoy" next week off First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach.

NOAA has launched a new website (buoybay.noaa.gov) for its Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS).

Waterman hauled up more than 10,000 derelict "ghost pots," lost fishing nets and other assorted metal from the Chesapeake Bay.

The Atlantic Sturgeon has been proposed by NOAA Fisheries Service to be protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has launched its eighth "smart buoy" in the Chesapeake Bay.

Eighty-five percent of the Chesapeake Bay's shoreline is privately owned, and often lined to protect the land from erosion.