Blue catfish are invading Maryland waterways and posing a serious threat to native species. Yet, how is it that one species of slate blue-bodied fish can be so detrimental to the Chesapeake Bay ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore asked for federal help on Thursday in an attempt to reel in the invasive blue catfish species for possibly depleting the state’s blue crab population. Moore wrote United States ...

The federal government denied Maryland’s request for a “fishery resource disaster” declaration amid the continued intrusion of invasive blue catfish and northern snakeheads in the Chesapeake Bay, and ...

A Maryland angler became the first person to set a record for catching an invasive species of fish. While the fish was caught late in December of last year, the record wasn’t officially announced ...

Lena Sawyers, a biologist at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, holds a flathead catfish captured during an electrofishing demonstration on the Potomac River on Sept. 10. (Photo by ...

The Chesapeake Bay has an overabundance of invasive blue catfish, but the region’s watermen and seafood wholesalers are missing out on a potentially huge national market for them. There are two ...

Gov. Wes Moore is formally asking for a federal fishery disaster declaration to help manage the invasive blue catfish, flathead catfish and snakeheads that have flourished in Maryland while ...

Chef Zack Mills has aimed for environmental balance in his craft for decades, but now with invasive blue catfish potentially threatening a Chesapeake Bay staple, blue crabs, the cook has another item ...

Anglers in Maryland, including those fishing the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in Southern Maryland, achieved 760 ...