"Sport Fishermen Target Cownose Rays In The Chesapeake Bay"

"In the Chesapeake Bay, cownose rays are becoming a bit of a nuisance. They migrate to the bay once a year and are gobbling up oysters. Tournaments have cropped up to eliminate some of the cownose rays and environmentalists are upset."

"Before we get into this next story, we need you to picture a cownose ray. It's sort of like a flattened shark, like a kite with a long tail. Each year, huge schools of cownose rays migrate from Florida to the Chesapeake Bay. They come to give birth and mate. When they arrive, they're hungry. That is big trouble for oyster farmers and their multimillion-dollar industry. Sport fishermen have begun to target the pregnant rays, and ... environmentalists are upset."

Pamela D'Angelo reports for NPR's All Things Considered September 10, 2015.