While those fish migrate through the year, 70% to 90% of them are spawned in the Virginia and Maryland portions of the Chesapeake Bay. The past five Atlantic striped bass spawns have been dismal.

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— Following a petition and lawsuits by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today listed the Atlantic pigtoe freshwater mussel as threatened under the ...