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Exploring Alternatives for Fisheries Management in the Chesapeake Bay

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The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model (WSM) has been in continuous operation at the Chesapeake Bay Program since 1982, and has had many upgrades and refinements since that time. The WSM described in this paper is application Phase 4.3, based on the Hydrologic simulation Program - Fortran (HSPF) Version 11 Bicknell, et al., 1996). HSPF is a widely used public domain model supported by the EPA, USGS and Corps of Engineers.

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This strategy was developed by the Ecologically Valuable Species Work Group of the Chesapeake Bay Program Living Resources Subcommittee to fulfill one of the commitments of the Living Resources section of the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement: to develop, adopt, and begin to implement Bay-wide management plan...for ecologically valuable species.

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The Federal Agencies Committee (FAC) and the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Assistance Network led the effort in developing this document. It was developed for stakeholders involved in the implementation of the State Tributary Strategies. It addresses the commitment in the Resolution to Enhance Federal Cooperative Conservation in the Chesapeake Bay Program, to provide restoration managers, local governments, watershed associations and landowners with more effective access to appropriate programs of Federal and state agencies, in order to accelerate restoration of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries. Through input from FAC members, and EPA staff, this document was expanded to include technical assistance, incentive and cost-share programs to achieve the goals of the Chesapeake Watershed Assistance Network.

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In October 2004, the Chesapeake Bay Program released Chesapeake Bay Program Analytical Segmentation Scheme: Revisions, Decisions, and Rationales 1983-2003 (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2004). The Segmentation Scheme Report provided documentation on the development of the spatial segmentation scheme of the Chesapeake Bay and tidal tributaries over the period from 1983 to 2003. The 2003 revisions to the Chesapeake Bay Program segmentation scheme included multiple segments and split segments that crossed jurisdictional boundaries. This has led to some confusion as to the area within segments that are under the jurisdiction of the individual states and the District of Columbia. In an effort to address this concern, the Chesapeake Bay Program has revised the descriptions contained within the Segmentation Scheme to more fully reflect jurisdictional boundaries.

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Long-term monitoring programs in the Chesapeake Bay Basin, including program's objectives, funding agencies, participating agencies, investigators, parameters, stations, sample collections, and program integration; a list of stations, and a map of the stations.

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A report on nutrient loadings from septic systems to ground and surface water resources & the Chesapeake Bay.

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Protection strategies for preserving and restoring stream corridors.

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This document includes the four appendices to the report Chesapeake Bay: A Profile of Environmental Change developed by the Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program. The report and its appendices provide a characterization of the Bay's water quality and resources.

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This document includes the seven appendices to the report Chesapeake Bay: A frame work for action developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program. The report and its appendices describe the state of the Bay, pollutant sources and loadings, and alternative management strategies for improving the environmental quality of the Bay.

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