Oysters Rockefeller may sound fancy, but it's an easy and delicious dish to make at home. Celebrate National Oyster Day with our recipe video! Oysters on the half shell are heaped with a buttery herb-breadcrumb mixture and baked. Try for yourself at loom.ly/eL0_S0Q.

Stay connected to science and stories from around the Chesapeake Bay! Sign up for our quarterly newsletter and get the latest research, funding opportunities, events, and updates from Maryland Sea Grant delivered straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe today: https://loom.ly/wow6_ME

Please join us in congratulating Maryland Sea Grant Director Fredrika Moser on her retirement. Moser concludes 25 years of service to Sea Grant and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in July 2026. Read our interview with Moser on our blog >> https://loom.ly/IIpwjRw

Native to the Chesapeake, common milkweed is a food source for over 450 insects, like butterflies, moths, bees and wasps! Its sap contains toxic compounds called cardiac glycosides. But some species, like the monarch butterfly, are immune to the poisonous plant. Learn more >> https://loom.ly/p9vtCH8

Native to the Chesapeake, common milkweed is a food source for over 450 insects

Insects use the unpalatable compounds in milkweed plants to ensure their survival.

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A vast underwater meadow in the upper #ChesapeakeBay has shaped generations of hunters, anglers, watermen, and wildlife. The new issue of Chesapeake Quarterly magazine explores the #SusquehannaFlats, from submerged grass beds to the Conowingo Dam and the area’s fisheries: https://loom.ly/5PYztzk

Maryland Sea Grant Extension specialists, along with researchers at UMCES and NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, have developed a new decision-support tool to help oyster growers compare conditions across potential aquaculture sites. 🦪 Learn more: https://loom.ly/k97Kxs0

What happens when science, architecture, and community come together? In a new blog post from intern Cally Carmello, discover how a design competition connected graduate students with Galesville, Maryland, residents to explore creative solutions for coastal adaptation >> https://loom.ly/v-YtJ3o

Educators recently convened at the National Marine Educators Association conference in Cambridge, Maryland. MDSG helped to sponsor the conference and led workshops, presentations, and tours. Adam Frederick, our assistant director for education, received a Sea Grant Educators Network Award! 🎉

From striped bass to snakehead, the Susquehanna Flats play host to year-round fishing and hundreds of tournaments. “It’s about more than catching fish,” says one angler. Read more in our latest issue of Chesapeake Quarterly magazine: https://arcg.is/1501TH2

This summer, our education team helped set up two recirculating aquaculture systems at Baltimore City's Green Street Academy. Our Aquaculture in Action program brings fish into Maryland classrooms, where students raise the fish and conduct hands-on research. Learn more: https://loom.ly/AAl7y0Y

This #WorldEmojiDay, we're celebrating all the places that make Maryland special, from the rolling hills of Western Maryland to the Eastern Shore and the Chesapeake Bay. Which emoji represents your Maryland? Share in the comments and tell us the place, wildlife, food, or tradition it brings to mind!

Our Chesapeake Quarterly archive explores the science behind microplastics in the #ChesapeakeBay, how researchers are tracking them, and why understanding these tiny pollutants is so important. This #PlasticFreeJuly, revisit the special issue >> https://loom.ly/6iJYaUM

The art of cultivating soft shell crabs is all about timing, but it's also a race against naturally occurring viruses. Researchers at IMET completed a first-ever genomic analysis of virus diversity and abundance in blue crabs. Read more on our blog >> https://loom.ly/k5VbF1M

Congratulations to Cally Carmello, our science management and policy intern, for being named a 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellow! 🌟 She will pursue graduate studies in coastal flooding and water quality at NC State University. 🌊 We are excited to follow Cally's journey in science!

The #SusquehannaFlats tell a story of change. Until the mid-1900s, fishermen hauled in immense catches of native river herring, shad, and striped bass. Today, the commercial harvest is dominated by the invasive blue catfish. Read more in Chesapeake Quarterly magazine: https://arcg.is/jn14O0

At a May workshop, Baltimore residents learned rain barrels reduce stormwater runoff and conserve water. Through a partnership with Baltimore GROW Center, Maryland Sea Grant Extension, and Baltimore Community ToolBank, attendees gained skills and left with free rain barrels: https://loom.ly/-kprtco

Happy Fourth of July, Maryland! As we celebrate 250 years of our nation's history, we're also celebrating the rich biodiversity of the Chesapeake and coastal bays that makes Maryland so special. What local seafood are you enjoying today? 🦀🐟🦪

Don't miss Maryland's last free fishing day July 4! On Free Fishing Days, anglers can fish recreationally without a license. Be sure to follow all other fishing laws and regulations, including size and catch limits. Learn more from Maryland Department of Natural Resources: https://loom.ly/_iY5yGY

We're looking for a research, proposal, and reporting coordinator to join our team! This contract position is ideal for an organized, intellectually curious professional interested in shaping, supporting, and managing impactful research programs. 📝 Apply by July 10: https://loom.ly/rGj_N70

Our new publication shares a case study on the co-production process behind the Maryland Coastal Flood Explorer, an interactive platform designed to visualize localized flood risk and support climate resilience planning. Read the open-access article here: https://rdcu.be/fnZGE

“It’s like a jungle of underwater grasses.” Beneath the shallow waters of the #SusquehannaFlats lies a habitat that helps sustain the #ChesapeakeBay. Our new issue of Chesapeake Quarterly examines the loss and recovery of the Bay's largest submerged grass bed. Read it here: https://arcg.is/0DyfOS1

The Shallows That Shape the Chesapeake

Loss and Recovery on the Susquehanna Flats

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About 1,000 tiny striped bass have arrived at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology! The striped bass will spend the summer growing at IMET. This fall, through the Aquaculture in Action program, students will raise the fish while gaining hands-on experience in scientific research.

When members of a Smith Island community sought solutions to flooding issues, Maryland Sea Grant's Extension team answered the call. Through community visits and listening sessions, Extension specialists worked to identify priority needs. Read more on our blog: https://loom.ly/ppZuxUI.

We're excited to welcome science illustration intern Julia Devine to Maryland Sea Grant this summer! Julia is excited to share her skills with researchers and educators working to preserve the coastal ecology of the Chesapeake Bay. She hopes to connect local communities to nature through her work.

We're looking for a research, proposal, and reporting coordinator to join our team! This contract position is ideal for an organized, intellectually curious professional interested in shaping, supporting, and managing impactful research programs. 📝 Apply by July 10: https://loom.ly/rGj_N70

Behind the #ConowingoDam, a 9,000-acre reservoir has been steadily filling with sediments which flow over the dam and into the #ChesapeakeBay during heavy storms. Researchers are studying the dam’s impact and the role the #SusquehannaFlats play in filtering these flows: https://arcg.is/0P4HHi2

Each spring, we work with Carroll County Public Schools under a special permit from Maryland DNR to bring spotted salamander eggs into classrooms. Students care for them and learn about amphibian life cycles. Teachers recently returned the salamanders to the wild. Learn more: https://loom.ly/P3UQcCU

Welcome community engaged intern Christina Long! Christina majors in environmental science and tech at University of Maryland, College Park. She's excited to make connections, learn about the aquatic organisms living in the Baltimore Harbor, and promote community engagement in the world of science.

Underwater grasses, also called submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), keep #ChesapeakeBay waters clean, provide food to small critters and waterfowl, and shelter fish and blue crabs. This #BayAwarenessWeek, consider becoming an SAV watcher to help collect data for research: https://loom.ly/l9tV7to

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Become an SAV watcher

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Tribal Nations have long stewarded the region's land and waters. The Indigenous Conservation Council of the Chesapeake Bay is an organized body through which Tribal Nations can share resources to return to and reconnect with their ancestral landscapes: loom.ly/qo_WyfM #BayAwarenessWeek 📸: CBP