Publications
Access hundreds of Bay Program publications, from scientific reports to factsheets to memorandums.
Finding Solutions for the Chesapeake Bay
Published on November 11, 2000 in Fact SheetAnswers the question: how do forests provide answers for the restoration of the bay.
View detailsExploring the King & Spanish Mackerel Fishery Management Plan
Published on January 1, 1994 in Fact SheetThe goal of the King and Spanish Mackerel Fishery Management Plan is to enhance and perpetuate King and Spanish mackerel stocks in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and throughout their Atlantic coast range, so as to generate optimum long-term ecological, social and economic benefits from their commercial and recreational harvest and utilization over time.
View detailsExploring the Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan
Published on January 1, 1991 in Fact SheetPurpose 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
View detailsNew Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Criteria: Dissolved Oxygen
Published on April 14, 2003 in Fact SheetThis reprint from the July/August 2001 Bay Journal overviews the dissolved oxygen criteria developed in 2001
View detailsLong Term Plan for Communicating the State of the Bay and the State of the Bay Restoration
Published on December 6, 2006 in Fact SheetAccurately conveying the health of the Chesapeake Bay and it watershed to policy makers, political leaders and watershed residents is critical to the maintaining the long-term momentum of the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort.
This long-term vision for future Chesapeake Bay Health and Restoration Assessments is an integral part of the Chesapeake Bay Programs Overarching Communications Strategy and Annual Communications Cycle. By focusing on target audiences addressed in the strategy and developing the annual communication vehicle outlined in the annual communications cycle, the Bay Program will be able to lead the communications aspects of the Bay restoration
View detailsToxics 2000 Strategy Working to Restore Regions of Concern: Baltimore Harbor, the Anacostia and Eliz
Published on December 1, 2000 in Fact SheetThis backgrounder provides an overview of the commitments in the Toxics 2000 Strategy
View detailsGlossary of Water Quality Terms
Published on April 14, 2003 in Fact SheetThis fact sheet defines commonly used water quality terms
View detailsToxics 2000 Strategy - Executive Summary
Published on December 1, 2000 in Fact SheetThis document summarizes the Toxics 2000 Strategy
View detailsModeling the Chesapeake Bay
Published on August 1, 2001 in Fact SheetThis backgrounder explains what environmental models are and how they are used at the Chesapeake Bay Program
View detailsRestoring the Chesapeake Bay: How We Get There
Published on April 14, 2003 in Fact SheetThis fact sheet overviews the new water quality standards and criteria that form the basis of the Bay cleanup.
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