ROCK HALL, Md. — On Feb. 14, 2023, during his first official visit to Maryland’s Eastern Shore as governor, Wes Moore stood before a group of local leaders and watermen and reflected on the state’s coastal identity.
“This is Maryland. I mean, look at this group,” Moore said in Easton that day.
Among those listening was Capt. Robert Newberry, a multigenerational fisherman and volunteer chairman of the Delmarva Fisheries Association. From a dock along the Chesapeake Bay in Rock Hall, Newberry recalls what he says was a direct promise from the newly elected governor…