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Maryland Marine Notes (archive)
Maryland Marine Notes was a print newsletter produced from 1982 to 2001 by the communications staff of Maryland Sea Grant. We began publishing issues online as well in 1994; in addition, we scanned and put online three earlier issues that were of special interest. We suspended publication of the newsletter after 2001 when we began publishing our magazine, Chesapeake Quarterly.
You may browse the archive below of the table of contents for each issue. To read anything listed, click on the title and download a pdf of the entire issue. You may also search our website for specific topics.
November–December 2001
Volume 19, Number 6
What's Next for Fish Farmers? Gauging the Future of a Fledgling Industry
Science of Closed Systems
Aquaculture in the Classroom
For More Information: Aquaculture Web Sites
Knauss Fellowships Available
Other News of Note
July–October 2001
Volume 19, Numbers 4–5
Bridging the Gap: Watermen and Scientists on Crabs
The Crab Harvest in Maryland
More About Crabs
Maryland Sea Grant: New Faces
UMES Receives Award for Living Marine Cooperative Science Center
May–June 2001
Volume 19, Number 3
American Eel: Biology, Mystery, Management
More About Eels
The Mysterious Seaweed Sea
Managing Exotics in the Chesapeake
Students Participate in Summer Fellowship Program
March–April 2001
Volume 19, Number 2
Taking on Toxics in Baltimore Harbor
Mapping Contaminants
MEES Students Receive Knauss Fellowships
Noteworthy
January–February 2001
Volume 19, Number 1
Oyster Reefs: Key to Restoring Bay Grasses?
More on the Web
Director's Message
New Web Site
Knauss Fellows
September–December 2000
Volume 18, Numbers 5–6
The Bottomline on Blue Crabs: Setting Thresholds for the Last Great Fishery
The Fluctuating Blue Crab Fishery
Arriving at a Threshold
Tracking the Blue Crab Baywide
The Role of the Recreational Crabber
Sanctuary in the Lower Bay
Blue Crab Information on the Web
May–August 2000
Volume 18, Numbers 3-4
Restoring Bay Grasses to the Chesapeake: A Long Way Back
Where Have All the Grasses Gone?
Understanding Grass Habitat
SAV Information on the Web
From The Director
March–April 2000
Volume 18, Number 2
Dredging the Chesapeake: The Role of Science in a Heated Debate
Science and Human Choices
Kramer Named Sea Grant Director
Knauss Policy Fellows
January–February 2000
Volume 18, Number 1
Menhaden Chanteys: An African American Maritime Legacy
To Hear a Menhaden Chantey
To Learn More About Menhaden Chanteys
Catching Menhaden with a Purse Seine
A History of Menhaden Fishing
Maryland Students Receive Knauss Fellowships
September–December 1999
Volume 17, Numbers 5–6
Baltimore: The City as Ecosystem
More Information about Urban Ecosystems on the Web
Maryland Sea Grant Joins UMCES
Other News Of Note
July–August 1999
Volume 17, Number 4
Oyster Sanctuaries: An Ecological Approach to Restoration
Oyster Gardening in Chesapeake Bay
Oyster Sanctuaries: For Further Reading
Learn More About Oysters
Students Complete Summer Fellowship Program
May–June 1999
Volume 17, Numbers 3
Land Trusts: Partners in Protecting the Chesapeake
Local Land Trusts
Methods for Protecting Land
Chesapeake Bay Program: How Forests Help The Bay
January–April 1999
Volume 17, Numbers 1–2
Bringing the Anacostia Back
Anacostia: River of Contrasts
Anacostia Watershed Restoration Agreement
Environmental Information on the Web
November–December 1998
Volume 16, Number 6
Science and the Bay
Affecting Public Attitudes about the Environment
In Memoriam: L. Eugene Cronin
Maryland Students Receive Knauss Fellowships
Noteworthy
September–October 1998
Volume 16, Number 5
Spawning Stripers on Demand: Basic Research — Real World Uses
Domesticating Striped Bass Broodstock
Major University Funding for Pfiesteria Research
Noteworthy
July–August 1998
Volume 16, Number 4
Of Words and Water: Literature and the Bay
Selected Bibliography: Chesapeake Bay Literature
Literature and the Role of Words
Sea Nettle Stings
Also see July–August 1994 (Volume 12, Number 5)
May–June 1998
Volume 16, Number 3
Uncommon Blooms: The Nitrogen Factor
Algal Growth: The Role of Metals
March–April 1998
Volume 16, Number 2
Black Men, Blue Waters: African Americans on the Chesapeake
Slavery, Freedom, and the Chesapeake
Buoys Track the Bay
January–February 1998
Volume 16, Number 1
Down on the Fish Farm
Aquaculture and Restoration
UMBI President to Head National Science Foundation
Fowler Receives Bay Award
November–December 1997
Volume 15, Number 6
Seafood Safety in Maryland: So Far, So Good
Handling Seafood Safely
William Hargis Receives Mathias Medal
Two Maryland Students Become Knauss Fellows
September–October 1997
Volume 15, Number 5
Banking on Blue Crabs: A Trial Run for Peelers
Running the Numbers
July–August 1997
Volume 15, Number 4
In Harm's Way? The Threat of Toxic Algae
Dinoflagellates, Protists and Pfiesteria
Harmful Algal Blooms on the Move
Also see March 1993 (Volume 11, Number 2)
May–June 1997
Volume 15, Number 3
Smart Farming for a Cleaner Bay
Preserving Maryland's Open Land
The Rural Legacy Program
March–April 1997
Volume 15, Number 2
Treasure from Trash: Is There Profit in Crab Waste?
Chitin Breakdown: The Bacterial Way
Marine Ornamentals and Aquaculture
January–February 1997
Volume 15, Number 1
A Question of Survival: Helping Oysters Overcome Disease
Formidable Foes
Legisltating to Fight Disease: The Oyster Disease Research Program
Yesterday's Oysters Today
November–December 1996
Volume 14, Number 6
The Trouble with Toxics in the Bay
Why Are Toxics So Difficult?
Toxics Report Highlights
MEES Students Receive Knauss Fellowships
September–October 1996
Volume 14, Number 5
Building Better Predictors of Environmental Stress
From Ecology to Economics
Planting Oysters in the Chesapeake
High School Aquaculture
Mathias Medal Awarded to Outstanding Scientist
July–August 1996
Volume 14, Number 4
Living in Bay Country: The Places We Call Home
Are There Better Ways to Grow?
May–June 1996
Volume 14, Number 3
Blue Crabs: The Biology of Abundance
Counting Crabs
The Summer of '96: Maryland Blue Crab Regulations
March–April 1996
Volume 14, Number 2
An Endless Invasion? Green Crabs, New England Intruders, Move West
To Catch a Bay Scallop
January–February 1996
Volume 14, Number 1
At the Heart of Plentitude: The Bay's Complex Circulatory System
A High Tech Fish
September–October 1995
Volume 13, Numbers 4–5
Multispecies Management in the Chesapeake Bay: A Far Future?
Science and Ethics
Sturgeon: Looking Ahead
A Student of the Chesapeake
Summer 1995
Volume 13, Number 3
The New Oyster Wars: Battling Disease in the Lab and Bay
Can America Save Its Fisheries?
On Another Front: Juvenile Oyster Disease
Bay Commission Asks: Are Blue Crab Stocks Stressed
February–April 1995
Volume 13, Numbers 1–2
Land Use and Water Quality: Connecting Ecology and Economics
A Chronology of Environmental Decisions and Major Studies Related to the Chesapeake Bay
November/December 1994–January 1995
Volume 12, Number 7
Multicosm Research: Linking Basic Science to the Real World
MEES Student Receives Knauss Fellowship
Research, Etc.
September–October 1994
Volume 12, Number 6
The Cost Of Cleanup: Footing The Bill
Environmental Finance
Students Complete NSF-funded Summer Program
Also visit the Environmental Finance Center
July–August 1994
Volume 12, Number 5
Jellyfish: Studying Summer’s Unwelcome Visitors
Neither Jelly nor Fish
Environmental Finance Conference
Also see July–August 1998 (Volume 16, Number 4)
On-Line Database for Bay Issues
May–June 1994
Volume 12, Number 4
Raising Rockfish: The Promise of Aquaculture in Maryland
Aquaculture in the Mid-Atlantic: A 20-Year Perspective
The Regional Economics of Aquaculture
April 1994
Volume 12, Number 3
Desperately Seeking Seafood: Increasing Demand, Declining Resources
Seafood Trade and the Environment: Balancing a Shrinking Resource
Underwater Grasses Increase 85% Since 1984
February–March 1994
Volume 12, Numbers 1–2
The Blue Crab in Winter
The Battle over Blue Crabs: Capping the Last Great Fishery
Changes in Regulations: Recent and Proposed
Managing Striped Bass
March 1993
Volume 11, Number 2
Alien in Our Midst? Phantom Algae Suspected in Bay
Also see July–August 1997 (Volume 15, Number 4)
December 1992–January 1993
Volume 19, Number 10
Vanishing Lands
April 1990
Volume 8, Number 3
Disappearing Shores: The Bay’s Rising Waters
Program Announcements
News and Blogs
Featured Fellow
Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
Featured Research Project
Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Quarterly Magazine
Complicated Contaminants: Finding PFAS in the Chesapeake Bay
