Tilghman Watermen's Museum

06/12/2026

Water quality update

06/12/2026

Let’s get these bad boys out of the Chesapeake Bay!

06/06/2026

For the first time since the Baywide oyster restoration effort launched in 2014, federal funds are set to go toward restoring reefs that can later be commercially harvested — an arrangement that has long been opposed by environmentalists. https://www.bayjournal.com/news/fisheries/huge-oyster-project-in-virginia-signals-marked-shifts-in-strategy/article_c6508402-9afa-4ac2-a2a3-1d0161c480af.html

06/05/2026

For those that did not have the opportunity to experience James Island when it was a natural island, here is a photo from several years ago taken by Robin Houser. It puts the island's demise into perspective by showing the unprotected clay banks of the island that ultimately gave way to the wind-driven waves and tide. With each passing wave the clay simply dissolved into the Chesapeake. Thanks Robin. Here is a link for current info on the island's restoration https://www.nab.usace.army.mil/Mid-Bay/. If you are interested in the history of the island visit the website of the South Dorchester Folk Museum - https://www.sdfmuseum.net/ where you can view videos about the island when it was inhabited. One great video is titled "James Island Memories" where Lee Newcomb recounts family stories of some of the last inhabitants, including his grandfather and grandmother.

06/04/2026

Congratulations to Nick Hargrove and his hard working team !

Blue catfish have become a manmade disaster in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. They're an invasive species spreading throughout the region and eating whatever they can find. On the upside, they're good eating, and some commercial fishermen and anglers are doing well catching them.

05/31/2026

This is a bit of history in the works!

05/26/2026

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05/22/2026

Thank you Jay Fleming and FV Southern Girl Bodkin Point Seafood for sharing this educational information and experience with us. See the link for YouTube in the comments below.

Newest youtube video out now!! 👀
The TRUTH about the Blue Catfish problem that is destroying the Chesapeake.
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