The Chesapeake Bay Foundation released its annual “State of the Bay” report card, and it gave the bay a D, due in part to this summer’s massive dead zone and growing problems for rockfish.

The bay’s ranking this year is is the same as last year – 27 out of 100. A score of 40 would be enough to meet the 2010 goal of getting the bay off the nation’s “dirty waters” list. 70 would indicate a restored bay, and 100 would represent the pristine estuary that Capt. John Smith explored early in the 17th century.

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