Fishing, hunting, boating, and outdoor recreation in the Mid Atlantic region.
In 2025, multiple state record fish were caught. Cold winter temperatures and a series of snow storms hampered hunters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts during the first weeks of 2025. An Avian Flu outbreak in the region affected waterfowl, birds of … Continued
Winter cold stun events in North Carolina may result in a partial closure of the 2025 speckled trout (spotted seatrout) fishery in the state until June. In January 2025, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries … Continued
In early January 2020, aerial survey teams of pilots and biologists from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) made visual estimates of the ducks, geese, and swans along most of the state’s Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, and Atlantic coast … Continued