Celebrity Lays Claim to Upscale Biz with Posh New Ships; Ends Service to Baltimore Despite Booming Market

The Celebrity Mercury at St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Island  Copyright 2010 The Chesapeake photo

The huge advantage for Baltimore or New York passengers is not to have to fly to Florida and be concerned by TSA groping at security screening as well as airline delays, cramped seats and long lines.

Bivalve’s dramatic demise is as ‘quiet as a clam’

This clam dredger was underway in 1968 when this photo was taken by NOAA on the Chesapeake Bay.  Clam dredges still operate on the Patuxent.

Unlike oysters, which build elaborate reefs, soft-shell clams burrow into the sediment where they are out of sight – and seemingly out of mind.

Bag Your Trophy Rock for a Buck

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By Cap’n Larry Jarboe Editor THE CHESAPEAKE The best way to guarantee catching a trophy rockfish is to fish with a pro. The price for a six passenger charter boat is usually around six hundred bucks. How can a single buck insure that you have one or more big fish to brag about with pictures [...]

Oysters are cleaning up parts of St. Jerome’s Creek

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By Richard Pelz Special Correspondent THE CHESAPEAKE Larry Jarboe asked me to start writing about oysters. Specifically he asked me to get the facts out there. My knowledge comes from having commercially grown oysters in the Chesapeake Bay for over 25 years.   Larry and I both believe oysters are the key to the Chesapeake Bay’s [...]

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