An immature female Atlantic bonito weighing 21b, 10 oz is recorded from upper Chesapeake Bay near Rock Hall, Kent County, for the first time in Maryland. Salinity ranges from 5 to 10%. there. Additional records from pound nets in this region and from the Potomac River, Maryland, comprising 86 pounds, were recorded in August, 1961. A review of the Maryland seaside fishery indicates that if fluctuates from a few pounds to 160,000 pounds annually. There is little consistency in catches by gear and years, which is apparently related to major changes in gear in the area, consumer demand, and perhaps natural fluctuations in abundance.