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GLOUCESTER POINT, Va. (AP) - Researchers are trying to figure out how to reduce the number abandoned crab pots in the Chesapeake Bay. The so-called "ghost…
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There’s been another decline in the blue crab population.A new survey found that the numbers have dropped by nearly one-fifth for the second year in a…
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Underwater grasses that provide vital places for fish and crab to dwell and hide from predators covered more than 100,000 acres of the…
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GLOUCESTER POINT, Va. (AP) - Researchers say the total amount of oxygen-deprived dead zones in Chesapeake Bay this summer was the biggest since 2014.The…
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HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - An annual survey has found a record-high number of spawning-age female blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay and predicts another year of…
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GLOUCESTER POINT, Va. (AP) - President Trump's budget proposal would slash funding by 25 percent at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.Associate…
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - New research partly blames climate change on the loss of Virginia's saltwater marshland.William & Mary says in a press release…
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GLOUCESTER POINT, Va. (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report on the health of coastal wetlands in the nation, with the…
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - Virginia shellfish farmers are leading the nation in hard clam sales.The Virginian-Pilot reports that data from the College of…
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Scientists are studying what would happen if a series of floodgates are built across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.The…