Published:
December 1, 1994
Originator:
Chesapeake Bay Program

The 1994 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Management Plan was developed as a revision of the 1989 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Management Plan under the direction of the Fisheries Management Plan Workgroup. Staff from the Maryland Department of Natural Resosurces (MDBR), Tidewater Adminisstration, Fisheries Division were responsible for writing the plan and addressing comments on the draft versions. Support was provided by staff from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC). A Chesapeake Bay Oyster Fishery Management Plan was developed in 1989 as one of the strategies for implementing the Living Resources Commitments of the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement.

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