The Board of Directors endorses the appointment of Interim Chief Executive Officer/President to continue the work and legacy of Founder and long-term CEO, Vincent O. Leggett, "Admiral of the Chesapeake"

An African-American head boat captain and black woman oyster farmer fight to preserve a minority presence in aquaculture on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.

Smithville is a community on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, on the edge of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. A century ago, Smithville had more than 100 residents. Today, it has four. Hear about the issues these residents are facing from slow-moving encroachment of water on their community.

From the 1870s through the 1970s, African American watermen like Ira Samuel Wright of Wetipquin, Maryland, made their living dredging oysters and fishing the Chesapeake Bay under harsh conditions, passing the trade from father to son.

After a diverse post‑Navy career, Bill Pinkney fulfilled his lifelong dream by becoming the first African American to single‑handedly sail around the globe (1990–1992) aboard his 47‑foot sloop  'The Commitment', documenting the 27,000‑mile voyage for 30,000 schoolchildren and earning a Peabody Award for the film “The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney.”