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College student gets 17th Maryland Master Angler award

Dombrowski’s qualifying catches, in order, were: Bullhead catfish – 17 inches, sheepshead – 23 inches, carp – 39 inches, bluefish- 34 inches, striped bass – 47 inches, thresher shark – 91 inches, sand tiger shark – 70 inches, red drum – 43 inches, largemouth bass – 23 inches and bluefin tuna – 66 inches.

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15-year-old is named 16th FishMaryland Master Angler

Luca Tucciarella, of Forest Hill, has earned a Master Angler Milestone Award under the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program.
Fifteen-year-old Tucciarella is the 16th Master Angler and the third youth angler to reach the milestone award since the program began in 2019. The award recognizes recreational anglers who catch 10 trophy-sized fish of different species in Maryland.

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15th FishMaryland Master Angler named

Nick Perez, of Perryville, Md., has earned a Master Angler Milestone Award under the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program.
Perez is the 15th Master Angler since the program began in 2019. The award recognizes recreational anglers who catch 10 trophy-sized fish of different species in Maryland.

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Chesapeake Bay striped bass survey shows little change in poor spawning success

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently announced results of this year’s juvenile striped bass survey, which tracks the reproductive success of Maryland’s state fish in the Chesapeake Bay.
The 2024 young-of-year index is 2.0, well below the long-term average of 11.0, and marks the sixth consecutive year of poor reproduction.

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Preston man named 14th FishMaryland Master Angler

Jeremy Elmore, of Preston, has earned a Master Angler Milestone Award under the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program.
Elmore is the 14th Master Angler since the program began in 2019. The award recognizes recreational anglers who catch 10 trophy-sized fish of different species in Maryland. 

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Youth angler is 13th FishMaryland Master Angler

Landon Derbyshire, of Eden, Maryland, has earned a Master Angler Milestone Award under the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program.
Derbyshire is the 13th Master Angler since the program began in 2019 and the second youth angler to win the award, having met his qualifications at age 15. The award recognizes recreational anglers who catch 10 trophy-sized fish of different species in Maryland.

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Leaders for Pennsylvania, Maryland natural resources talk water quality

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz toured water quality projects and explored opportunities for new and improved trail connections at a meeting in Pennsylvania and Maryland Sept. 10.
The joint event also served as a way for the two state leaders to strengthen their partnership and recommit to shared goals to improve water quality in local streams, rivers and the Chesapeake Bay.

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Marylanders must comply with all blue crab laws

Maryland’s blue crab season runs April 1 to Dec. 31 in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries and the Atlantic Ocean and coastal bays. With the opening of a new season came an increased presence by Natural Resources Police officers to educate the public and enforce laws pertaining to crabbing, particularly with recreational crabbers and owners of private shorelines.

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