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2002-The State of the Chesapeake Bay: A Report to the Citizens of the Bay Region
Available: Yes Publication Date: 07/01/2002 Data Type: report
In this publication, we report on the status of our progress toward the goals we set or renewed in Chesapeake 2000. Evaluating the condition of the Chesapeake Bay is a complex process that must include careful examination of the status and trends of numerous environmental indicators.
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Chesapeake Bay: Introduction to an Ecosystem 2000 (924 KB)
Available: Yes Publication Date: 04/01/2000 Data Type: report
A comprehensive overview of the geology and waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its habitats, biological communities and living resources. The Living Natural Bay/Ecosystems, Watersheds, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship
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The 2000 User's Guide to Chesapeake Bay Program Biological and Living Resources Monitoring Data (799 KB)
Available: Yes Publication Date: 12/15/1999 Data Type: report
This is the updated Guide to accompany the current Living Resources Biological Monitoring Data. Guide
topics include: obtaining data, data structures, CIMS compliant data dictionaries, and helpful hints to better interpret this specialized group of monitoring data.
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Chesapeake Bay Underwater Grasses (174 KB)
Available: Yes Publication Date: 09/22/2003 Data Type: fact sheet
Bay scientists believe that underwater bay grasses, also called submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), once blanketed nearly 200,000 acres in the shallow waters along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program partners recently adopted a bold, new goal to restore bay grasses to 185,000 acres in the Chesapeake and its tidal tributaries by 2010. It is important to restore Bay grasses because they provide essential food and habitat for many Bay species of waterfowl, fish, shellfish and invertebrates; remove suspended sediments from the water; protect shorelines from waves and erosion; and reoxygenate the waters of the Bay. Nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, as well as sediment in the water have choked the growth of SAV in many areas, and have contributed to declines in grass acreage throughout the Bay.
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2002 Underwater Grass Abundance in Chesapeake Bay at Highest Level in Twenty-Four Years
Available: Yes Publication Date: 09/25/2003 Data Type: press release
This press release announces that the distribution of Chesapeake Bay submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), or bay grasses, has reached the highest levels since tracking began in 1978. Data gathered from the annual aerial survey shows that bay grass abundance increased by 20,532 acres between 2000 and 2002, a total increase of more than 30 percent. Bay scientists attribute the large increase to improved water quality and the near-record drought conditions throughout the Bay watershed in 2001 and 2002.
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Alosid, Blue Crab and Oyster Fishery Management Plan
Available: No Publication Date: 12/01/1990 Data Type: report
No Abstract Available
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Strategy to Accelerate the Protection and Restoration of SAV in the Chesapeake Bay - December 2003
Available: Yes Publication Date: 04/01/2003 Data Type: policy document
This document outlines the strategy adopted in April 2003 by the Executive Council to accelerate the protection and restoration of SAV in the Chesapeake Bay. There are seven main strategies that are to be implemented to achieve the goal of 185,000 acres of SAV by 2010. Budget estimates, history of Chesapeake Bay Program SAV initiatives, review of existing SAV protection provisions, and current status of planting and transplanting capabilities are also included in the report.
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2002 Chesapeake Bay SAV Abundance and New Baywide Restoration Goal (207 KB)
Available: Yes Publication Date: 09/22/2003 Data Type: fact sheet
In 2002, Chesapeake Bay submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), or bay grasses, coverage reached a record 89,658 acres - more than twice the level first recorded in 1978. While this increase is impressive, a great deal more needs to be done to reach the Bay Program’s new 185,000-acre baywide restoration goal. This backgrounder helps to put SAV restoration efforts into perspective through a table that highlights SAV acreage in 1984 (the sparsest year on record), 2002 (the most abundant year on record) and new segment specific restoration goals adopted by the Bay Program in April 2003.
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Oyster Fishery Management Plan (1994)
Available: Yes Publication Date: 01/01/1994 Data Type: report
The goal of the 1994 Oyster Fishery Management Plan is to enhance the production of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem by restoring habitat, controlling fishing mortality, promoting aquaculture and continuing the repletion programs.
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Oyster Fishery Management Plan (1989)
Available: Yes Publication Date: 07/01/1989 Data Type: report
The purpose of the Plan is to manage the oyster resource by restoring oyster habitat, controlling fishing mortality, promoting aquaculture and continuing the repletion programs.
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For more information, contact the Chesapeake
Bay Program Office, 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109, Annapolis, MD 21403
/ Tel: (800) YOUR-BAY / Fax: (410) 267-5777.
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