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Early last year (January 2011), roughly 2 million dead fish—primarily young spot—washed ashore in the mid Chesapeake Bay.

Soon after the CBIBS field team got the First Landing buoy back up and running from repairs to damage from Hurricane Irene, the buoy sustained additional damage to its top structure, including the anemometer and temperature/humidity sensor.

Thanks to U.S. Coast Guard Baltimore, the Susquehanna CBIBS buoy was pulled from the water today for over the winter. The buoy's location as the northernmost CBIBS buoy and at the mouth of the Susquehanna River means it is in relatively fresh water that is quite susceptible to freezing.

The First Landing buoy—the tenth buoy in the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Bu

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office scientists have been busy in the wake of Hurricane Irene (August 27-28) and the flooding rainfall associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee (week of September 5).

Boaters and fishermen have a new way to check conditions at the mouth of the Chesapeake Ba

Oxygen isn’t important only for air-breathing land animals; fish and other in-water residents need sufficient oxygen in the water—“dissolved oxygen”—to survive.

The upper Chesapeake Bay experienced record-low salinity levels following near-record discharge from the Susquehanna River this spring.

Good news for buoy data users! The Susquehanna and Patapsco CBIBS buoys have been redeployed for the summer season and are once again reporting data from their locations off Havre de Grace, Maryland, near Susquehanna Flats and at the mouth of the Patapsco River near Baltimore.