Bay & Environment: Breaking News: New Fisheries chief - Chesapeake Bay, blue crabs, Maryland, global warming and climate change

Tom O'Connell is the new head of fisheries for Maryland's Department of Natural Resources.

DNR officials made the announcement late today, with a press release with this quote from Gov. Martin O'Malley:

“From the time Captain John Smith first sailed into the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland’s fisheries have helped define our culture and drive our economy. Tom O’Connell has the vision, the conviction and the expertise to guide our efforts to ensure sustainable fishery populations remain a birthright for future generations of Marylanders.”

O'Connell has been with the department since 1993. He has been best known in recent years for being the department's point-person on the major Asian-oyster study it undertook under the Ehrlich Administration. Results are due out this summer.

O'Connell replaces Howard King, the department's longtime director, who left a few months ago.

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Rona Kobell reports on the Chesapeake Bay, and in her seven years with The Sun, she's visited clam farms in Virginia, a peeler pen on Taylors Island and a small market on Smith Island that serves what many people consider the best crab cake in the world (to judge for yourself, head to the Drum Point Market in Tylerton). Rona enjoys hanging out with her husband and daughter.

Tom Pelton writes about the environment and has been at The Sun for 10 years. He lives in the city with his wife, two daughters, and an exotic ecosystem that involves a cat, hamsters, hermit crabs, cacti, running shoes, drums, guitar, violins, mild cheeses and strong opinions.
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Tim Wheeler writes about growth and base-realignment for The Sun. A reporter and editor here since 1985, the West Virginia native has spent most of his adult life around the bay. He lives in Catonsville, one of Baltimore's older, walkable suburbs.

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