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Adoption Statement Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan
Available: Yes Publication Date: 06/04/1997 Data Type: policy document
The 1997 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan is a guide to conserving and protecting the blue crab resource for long-term ecological, economic and social benefits.
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Exploring the Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan
Available: Yes Publication Date: 01/01/1991 Data Type: fact sheet
Purpose of Plan is to protect the horseshoe crab's ecological role in the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast through improved knowledge of stocks and the integration of specific habitat actions thus providing for its commercial, recreational and medical usage over time.
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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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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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Adoption Statement - Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan, Amendment
Available: Yes Publication Date: 12/09/2003 Data Type: policy document
The adoption statement was to implement the management strategies and actions recommended by this amendment to protect blue crab spawning potential, reduce exploitation, increase our biological understanding of blue crabs through monitoring, identify and protect blue crab habitat, and incorporate ecosystem processes.
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Chesapeake Bay Finfish/Shellfish Tissue Contamination Critical Issue Forum Proceedings
Available: No Publication Date: 07/01/1993 Data Type: report
Addresses technical consensus decisions on questions related to relate magnitude and extent of finfish and shellfish tissue contamination within Chesapeake Bay or within the Chesapeake Bay basin; what impact this identified potential toxics issue is causing an impact on the Chesapeake Bay system; comparisons of extent of finfish and shellfish tissue contamination in the Bay with other coastal systems; directions that might be taken to address finfish and shellfish tissue contamination issues; and if there is sufficient data to answer these questions. This document has been archived.
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Blue Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay (727 KB)
Available: Yes Publication Date: 07/07/2003 Data Type: fact sheet
This fact sheet overviews blue crab anatomy, life cycle, habitat and current status of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab population.
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Chesapeake Bay & Atlantic Coast Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan
Available: Yes Publication Date: 12/01/1994 Data Type: report
The goal of the Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan is to protect the horseshoe crab resource in the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast to ensure its continued role in the ecology of coastal ecosystems, while providing the opportunity for commercial, recreational and medical usage over time.
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The 1997 Atlas of Chesapeake Bay Basin Biological and Living Resources Long Term Monitoring Programs
Available: Yes Publication Date: 01/01/1997 Data Type: report
Programs' objectives were to monitor the bacteriological quality of Maryland's shellfish harvesting waters to assure adequate public health protection from shellfish unsafe for human consumption and to assist in the identification and elimination of pollution sources in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan (Report)
Available: Yes Publication Date: 06/01/1997 Data Type: report
The 1997 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan incorporates new information and management strategies into the 1989 fishery management plan.
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