For about 200 years the Ashland Mill Dam, about a half-hour north of Richmond, blocked many fish from moving through the ...

Fishers in Maryland are heading onto the Potomac after dark with an unusual goal: shooting invasive "Frankenfish" with ...

The recent demolition of a dam has allowed hickory shad, eels and other species to thrive in new stretches of the South Anna River.

Invasive snakeheads are proliferating in waterways from New York to Florida. Wildlife officials around the Chesapeake Bay are ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Keisha Sedlacek is the federal director for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and said blue catfish are a threat to the native species in the Bay, preying on nearly anything in their ...

A newly released study from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources confirms that the invasive fish species Chesapeake Channa, also known as the northern snakehead, is significantly altering ...

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Chris Dollar steers his boat on the Ware River in Gloucester, Virginia in September. A charter fishing captain and conservation advocate, Dollar said he sees fewer fish in the bay and its tributaries ...

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 oysters ...

TILGHMAN ISLAND, Md. (7News) — Along the fish processing line at Tilghman Island Seafood on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, thousands of pounds of blue catfish are being turned into filets every day. The ...

BALTIMORE -- The snakehead fish is an invasive species that came into Maryland in the early 2000s. Now the fish is undergoing a rebrand to help control the population. Snakehead fish have been a big ...

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