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Directive 93-4: Fish Passage Goals
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Publication date: 12/27/1993 | Type of document: Directive
Overview of the Fish Passage Strategy provisions that will enable anadromous fish to have access to a multitude of passages in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, thus providing abundant spawning habitat.
Removing Impediments to Migratory Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - Annual Progress Report
Publication date: 7/1/1999 | Type of document: Report
In 1997 and 1998 the CBP signatories opened 294.3 miles of blocked tributary habitat to migratory fish and 67 miles to resident fish (a total of 361.3 miles) within the Bay watershed. Since the program's inception, almost 80 projects have been completed, which opened 523.5 stream miles to migratory fish. This report discusses fish passage project currently in the planning, design or construction phases for 1999 and future years.
What You Should Know About Fish Lesions
Publication date: 11/18/1999 | Type of document: Brochure
This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay:
The Living Natural Bay/Ecosystems. This 6 panel brochure explains Pfiesteria
piscida and how to detect its symptoms in fish or shellfish, and what to do if
fish with lesions are identified. State hotline telephone numbers are included.
Restoring Fish Passages Throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
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Publication date: 2/24/2004 | Type of document: Fact Sheet
Mill dams, hydroelectric dams and small blockages constructed over the
past two centuries prevent fish throughout the Bay watershed from
reaching their natal rivers.
Many migratory fish populations consequently have suffered severe
declines. With the removal of Embrey Dam, Chesapeake Bay Program
partners have undertaken 123 fish passage projects, reopening more than
1,300 river miles to migratory fish in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
These removals allow critical species such as American shad and river
herring to reclaim their native waters.
Removing Impediments to Migratory Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Publication date: 10/1/1997 | Type of document: Report
Annual progress report: Description of all fish passage development, reintroduction efforts, and habitat assessment activities by signatory jurisdictions. Summary of federal agency activities in 1996, as well as actions planned for 1997.
Memorandum of Agreement on Little Falls Dam Fish Passage
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Publication date: 1/1/1996 | Type of document: MOU/MOA
This MOA establishes a general framework for cooperation and participation among the MD DNR, the VA Dept of Game and Inland fisheries, District of Columbia, ICPRB, the Potomac River Fisheries Commission, the U.S., Army corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the national Biological Service, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Park Service, the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, and Montgomery county, MD in reestablishing migratory and anadromous fish access and restoring a migratory fish population in an historic spawning spawning habitat upstream of Little Falls Dam on the Potomac River in Montgomery County, MD. collectively, the parties to the ...
Adoption Statement - Fish Passage Goals
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Publication date: 1/10/2005 | Type of document: Adoption Statement
In support of our continuing pursuit of our shard vision of a Chesapeake Bay system with abundant, diverse populations of living resources, we reaffirm our commitment to protect and restore riverine aquatic habitats of the Chesapeake Bay watershed for the benefit of migratory and resident fishes and other aquatic living resources.
Shad in the Chesapeake Bay
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Publication date: 2/20/2004 | Type of document: Fact Sheet
American shad constituted one of the most important mid-Atlantic
fishery until the early 20th century, but by the mid-19th century,
their populations had begun to decline. Over-harvesting, pollution and
habitat degradation led to a sharp downturn in shad numbers. The
construction of small mill dams and other obstructions, and later the
development of large hydroelectric dams, blocked migratory fish from
their spawning habitat. Bay Program partners have undertaken 123 fish
passage projects, reopening more than 1,300 river miles to migratory
fish in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. When combined with stocking
efforts, fish passages and dam removals have led to significant
increases in ...
Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Fish and wildlife Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Publication date: 1/1/1988 | Type of document: MOU/MOA
This MOU provides for enhanced cooperation between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program. This agreement is established for the purpose of facilitating exchange of information between agencies and to heighten the awareness of the other's activities so that optimum Federal and state cooperation is achieved in each agency's efforts to assist with the implementation of the Chesapeake 1987 agreement.
Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1988
Publication date: 4/7/1988 | Type of document: MOU/MOA
This Memorandum of Understanding provides for enhanced cooperation between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program. This agreement is established for the purpose of facilitating exchange of information between agencies and to heighten the awareness of the other's activities so that optimum Federal and state cooperation is achieved in each agency's efforts to assist with the implementation of the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement.