• September 10

• Governor's Press Office:  Governor Glendening Closes King's Creek on Eastern Shore

• October 2

• State Receives Preliminary Pfiesteria Test Results for Chicamacomico River

• October 3

• Governor's Press Office:  Governor Says Re-Opening of Pocomoke River is Based on Sound Policy, Medical Expertise

• October 6

• Summary of Pfiesteria Investigations in Maryland

• October 22

• Summary of Maryland Pfiesteria Sampling Results: 
  August 1, 1997-October 22, 1997

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• April 29

• Pfiesteria Response Update

• June 22

• Maryland's Pfiesteria Response

• July 24

• Maryland's Pfiesteria Monitoring Activities

• August 14

• Lesioned Fish on Shiles Creek (Eastern Shore)

• August 27

• Continued Monitoring of Shiles Creek (Wicomico River, Eastern Shore)

• September 18

• No Pfiesteria-related fish kills reported this year

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• June 25

• Low levels of lesions on fish, no positive Pfiesteria tests yet this season

• July 9

• Low incidence of Pfiesteria this season

• August 1

• Update on July fish kill on the Lower Pocomoke River

• August 6

• No new fish kills in tidewater Maryland

• August 20

• Human health advisory on Back Creek, Manokin River, Somerset County

• September 1

• DNR responds to fish health concerns in Middle River (Baltimore County)

• September 7

• Pfiesteria found in Middle River, no evidence of toxicity

• September 27

• Pfiesteria detected in the Potomac, Patapsco and Gunpowder Rivers, no evidence of toxicity

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• June 20

• Pfiesteria Monitoring Update; Carp die off in progress; fish kills associated with Mahogany Tides in May

• July 10

• Pfiesteria present in Eastern Shore tributaries with healthy fish observed

• July 19

• Menhaden with lesions in the Pocomoke River, Pfiesteria tests negative

• August 4

• Ayer Creek becomes first Coastal Bays tributary with Pfiesteria confirmed; lesioned menhaden widespread in Chesapeake Bay

• August 23

• Localized fish health events in Chesapeake and Coastal Bays

• September 8

• Fish Health events continue in Maryland Bays, no toxic Pfiesteria has been found.

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• May 21

• Pfiesteria recorded from sediment samples in four Maryland tributaries

• June 20

• Routine monitoring shows Pfiesteria presence on Lower Eastern Shore tributaries, fish are healthy.  Localized blooms of other harmful algae being reported.

• July 3

• Routine monitoring shows low occurrence of Pfiesteria so far this year.  Pfiesteria identified in Chesapeake and Coastal Bays with healthy fish samples.

• July 18

• 7 of 276 samples positive for Pfiesteria since January, fishery samples have been healthy

• August 21

• Fish Health investigations in progress in Chesapeake Bay, no evidence of toxic Pfiesteria being found

• September 6

• Fish Health events continue in Chesapeake and Coastal Bays tributaries, no evidence of toxic Pfiesteria.

• October 23

• Summary of recent fish health events in Maryland's Bays, Pfiesteria present but no evidence of toxicity.

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