Volume 3 Number 1

Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receive support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Merrill Leffler. more . . . about Video Spotlights

With multispecies management in the Chesapeake scheduled to get underway in 2007, state management agencies will be looking for help from fisheries scientists - and models such as Ecosim-Ecospace-Ecopath - to help assess the implications of alternative policies. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Merrill Leffler. more . . . about Brush Receives Mathias Medal

There's a weather under the Bay, complete with high-pressure systems, low-pressure systems, several kinds of fronts and two kinds of slow-moving jet streams. Think of physical oceanographers as meteorologists of this underwater world. As they figure out the physics that controls the system, they should be able to predict the underwater weather more accurately - and take a lot of guesswork out of the forecasting game that so many people have to play. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham. more . . . about Predicting Underwater Weather

A new science writer has arrived at Maryland Sea Grant, Erica Goldman. With a Ph.D. in biomechanics from the University of Washington, and experiences both in journalism and marine policy, Goldman is well suited to tackle the often complex topics that emerge from marine issues in the Chesapeake region. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham. more . . . about Maryland Sea Grant Welcomes New Science Writer

After twenty-three remarkable years of writing about and reflecting on science and the Chesapeake Bay, Merrill Leffler retired from his post as writer and editor for the Maryland Sea Grant College on April 1, 2004. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham. more . . . about Leffler Takes His Leave

When the first of the northern snakeheads, the Asian exotic fish that can breathe air and survive for short periods on land, was plucked from a Crofton, Maryland pond in the summer of 2002, it catapulted onto David Letterman's Top Ten list and grabbed the nation's collective consciousness. Now the infamous fish is back in the Chesapeake region and it could be settling in to stay. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham. more . . . about Snakeheads Go Beyond the Pond

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in the Chesapeake Bay dropped by 30 percent from 2002 to 2003, according to a report synthesizing the annual aerial SAV survey data collected by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Released on May 18 by the Chesapeake Bay Program, the report calls this the largest single-year decline in SAV since 1984. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham. more . . . about Bad Year for Bay Grasses

Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham. more . . . about Et Cetera