Fish of the Chesapeake Bay

[@Baysics_N_Beyond]

Wonderful information! Thank you for your wonderful work.

[@saxon6]

Excellent program, Dr. Dixon. But what about Cownose rays? I have seen hundreds of them in the lower Potomac where it reaches the Bay.

[@johnjohn4465]

What an education !!!!! Thank you !!!!!! John

[@glennquagmire1747]

Now the Chesapeake Bay holds the honor of being the most polluted waterways in North America

[@Dunesaltfishing]

where are all the bluefish we used to catch back in the days?

[@DrJawsSharks]

We have quite a few shark species in the Chesapeake Bay, but most of them aren’t as common as the Sandbar or dogfish. Here’s a list: 1) Bull Shark 2) Dusky Smoothhound (aka smooth dogfish) 3) Sandbar Shark 4) Sand Devil 5) Sandtiger Shark 6) Piked Dogfish (aka spiny dogfish) 7) Atlantic Sharpnose Shark 8) Bonnethead Shark 9) Scalloped Hammerhead 10) Smooth Hammerhead 11) Basking Shark (rare, winter) 12) Dusky Shark 13) Blacktip Shark (recent catches from VIMS) 14) Spinner Shark (recent catches from VIMS) Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay and the VIMS shark maps are great resources (and the basis for this list)!

[@tedsell1455]

Very interesting. , i grew up on the Bay ,thanks

[@tedsell1455]

@Daine Ivester is she a Fish ? 🐡

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

@@tedsell1455 Part of her probably smells like fish.

[@jasonschwinabart7711]

What about Bull sharks and snakeheads?

[@jamesalanstephensmith7930]

Informative! (My major in College)

[@andrewhirtle3525]

flounder get bigger then 22in

[@smelltheglove2038]

They’re called fluke.

[@seanb2604]

Fluke, summer flounder.......yadayadayada

[@mellissadalby1402]

I love to eat the canned Herring Roe that comes from the Tidewater area of Virginia.

[@ethancraig7532]

I just double what I know about the bay!

[@mikejordan6036]

Its ImporTANT !

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

"Impor'ance." [huge eye roll]

[@mmnnra55]

Could be an interesting documentary to watch. You need to find some other way to work the slides. All that flipping back and forth is enough to cause a seizure 🥴

[@billygoat520]

This video could have been much more informative if there were easily understandable size references especially for adults.

[@thomaskoval8524]

Use better commentators

[@spaceviking4966]

Sturgeons can’t handle poor water conditions. Nice way of saying human pollution.

[@smelltheglove2038]

That could also be natural reasons like low dissolved oxygen in the water, lots of silt, algae blooms.