FROM ITS BEGINNING, MARYLAND SEA GRANT COMMUNICATIONS has been reaching out to our many audiences in the Chesapeake Bay and coastal regions by creating products that address issues important to the region. Topics we’ve covered include oyster biology and disease, sustainable blue crab populations, fisheries management, sea level rise, and declining seagrasses. Below are selected highlights of our efforts.

Who Killed Crassostrea virginica? The Fall and Rise of Chesapeake Bay Oysters (no longer available).

Diseases & Parasites of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in Chesapeake Bay: An Illustrated Reference Guide	(reference book)	Decoding the Deep Sediments: The Ecological History of Chesapeake Bay (monograph series)
Grasses in Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic Coastal Waters (field guide)	Working the Chesapeake: Watermen on the Bay (general interest)

Come High Water: Sea Level Rise and Chesapeake Bay A Special Report from Chesapeake Quarterly and Bay Journal	Chesapeake Quarterly The Ups and Downs of Bay Stripers