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Although Marylanders might disagree about the best way to consume an oyster (raw, fried, roasted, etc.), there appears to be an agreed-upon ânot in my backyardâ (NIMBY) sentiment from the waterfront landowners who live near the aquatic farms that produce this prized regional delicacy. As a result, nearly a decade of legal drama has unfolded between waterfront landowners and the oyster aquaculture industry.
A dispute over oysters is hardly something new in Maryland. Colonial settlement of the lands around the Chesapeake Bay set the stage for what would eventually erupt into the âOyster Warsâ of the late 19th century. This conflict brought to the surface two main questions that still shape the oyster industry today: (1) Who is allowed to harvest oysters? and (2) What techniques can they use to do it? In the latest iteration of the Oyster Wars, aquaculture entrepreneurs defending their right to grow and harvest oys
Maryland DNR to Stock Channel Catfish into Local Ponds
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Harford County Youth Angler Catches Record Fallfish
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Updated: 1:19 PM EDT Apr 26, 2021 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recognized a Harford County teenager as a new state record holder for fallfish in the nontidal division.Maxwell Diegel, 13, caught the 2-pound, 14-ounce fallfish on April 19 while fishing in Broad Creek, his local stream. Maxwell was fishing from shore with corn and worms when he snagged his record catch. I knew I had something big when the rod bent in half, Maxwell said in a statement released by the DNR.Maxwell s catch broke the previous state record fallfish of 2 pounds, 7 ounces caught by Adam Aghion in 2019.The fallfish weight was officially certified by Conrad s Crabs and Seafood in Bel Air, and a DNR biologist confirmed the catch.After Maxwell realized he had a new state record, he danced around and did a celebration, and said the catch even led to a summer job opportunity at the seafood market that weighed the fish.The DNR maintains state records for sport fish in four divisions Atl