talbot watermen

talbot watermen Talbot Watermen Association, Inc. seeks to promote the Seafood Industry through ecological as well as economic measures to revitalize our Chesapeake Bay.

The goals of this organization are to promote Talbot County seafood, and to support the industry through ecological, as well as economic measures that seek to revitalize the Chesapeake Bay. Talbot County Watermen catch various species of seafood, depending on the time of year. Crabs, and Clams are our summer bounty, while oysters, clams have traditionally been our winter fisheries. We are also for

tunate to have a variety of species of fish that are fished throughout the year including Rockfish, Bluefish, Flounder and many other varieties. In recent years however, Watermen have had to become politically active. By working together with our legislators and DNR officials, we continue to support legislation that will improve the Bay and tributary water quality, thus ensuring a healthy Chesapeake Bay for all Maryland citizens. Our organization is compromised primarily of Watermen, their families, and related industry businesses such as processors, shipping companies and drivers, restaurant workers, and other marine related activities. We invite all citizens to join us who are interested in preserving the Chesapeake Bay, and all its natural resources. The Talbot County Watermen Association, Inc., believes that with your support, as well as the cooperation of the DNR, and our local legislators, we can work together to restore the Chesapeake Bay thus preserving our heritage and our way of life. Individual Membership $30 a year

Business Member ship $75

To join the TWA

Please contact Pat Jones at 410-745-9759 or email [email protected]

Or you can mail memberships to: TCWA PO BOX 324 Bozman MD 21612

Please include name, address, email and phone number

Business members please include a business card. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

At the newly formed Dept of Agriculture’s Seafood Marketing Committee meeting held this past Tuesday, this public survey...
08/30/2026

At the newly formed Dept of Agriculture’s Seafood Marketing Committee meeting held this past Tuesday, this public survey was given out to distribute.

Please help us to promote our seafood products in Maryland and nationwide.

Survey is due by Sept. 12th. Thank you!

Use the QR code or click on this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q2J7DH9

08/10/2026
08/09/2026

If you don't have a crab feast at your Boat Docking (or any event in the summer), you ain't no waterman!!

$25 a dozen this Sunday. Proud to provide Maryland's Best!

There is something powerful about beginning the Boat Docking Contest with our watermen gathered on the Chesapeake, our c...
08/09/2026

There is something powerful about beginning the Boat Docking Contest with our watermen gathered on the Chesapeake, our community standing together, and the words of our National Anthem carrying across the water.

Thank you Ariel Fish for lending your voice to this special day and helping us honor our country, our community, and the hardworking watermen we are so proud to celebrate.

May God Bless Our Watermen, May God Bless the Chesapeake Bay, and May God Bless America!

The RUMOR is true!!Tomorrow at this year's Watermen's Appreciation Day, a Lucky Winner will win the Backstage Nashville ...
08/08/2026

The RUMOR is true!!

Tomorrow at this year's Watermen's Appreciation Day, a Lucky Winner will win the Backstage Nashville Experience for two!

This Experience for 2 Includes:

Admission to the Country Music Hall of Fame, including RCA Studio B and the iconic Hatch Show Print.
Premium lounge access before the legendary Grand Ole Opry performance.
Reserved tickets to a live Grand Ole Opry show.
Exclusive post-show backstage tour of the Grand Ole Opry.
Guided tour of the historic Ryman Auditorium.
3-night stay at the Hutton Hotel in the heart of Nashville.

See you Sunday!!

To set the record straight...Commercial oystermen are not asking to destroy successful oyster sanctuaries. We are asking...
07/30/2026

To set the record straight...Commercial oystermen are not asking to destroy successful oyster sanctuaries. We are asking for the opportunity to rehabilitate sanctuaries that have failed after years of federal and state investment.

Over the past 16 years, millions of taxpayer dollars have been spent restoring oyster sanctuaries. A few are sustaining, but others have remained underperforming for years despite repeated investments. Now that federal and state restoration funding is drying up, many of these reefs have no future management plan.

Who has stepped forward to help?

The commercial oystermen.

For generations, watermen have cared for Maryland's public oyster bars by planting shell, transplanting oysters, and working the bottom to improve productivity. We are asking to apply that same hands-on stewardship to failing sanctuaries so they can once again become productive oyster reefs. Thanks to our efforts, Broad Creek has set statewide records for oyster spat production year after year!

This is not a request to open every sanctuary to harvest.

It is a request to manage underperforming reefs with practical, science-based fisheries management instead of allowing years of public investment to be lost because there could be no funding left to maintain them.

Healthy oyster reefs benefit everyone:
• Better habitat for fish and crabs
• Stronger oyster populations
• Sustainable jobs for Maryland's working watermen

Conservation and commercial fishing do not have to be opposing forces. The men and women who make their living on the Chesapeake Bay have one of the biggest stakes in protecting it. Our livelihoods depend on healthy oyster populations for generations to come.

A spending provision wending its way through Congress is the latest in a growing number of efforts aiming to soften or remove the protected status of restored oyster reefs amid the bivalve’s rebound in the Chesapeake Bay. https://www.bayjournal.com/news/fisheries/bill-could-open-future-bay-oyster-sanctuaries-to-commercial-harvest/article_91bf92be-ef19-4402-9f43-9eb49aaee1d7.html

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Bozman, MD
21612

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