Published:
August 1, 1989
Originator:
Chesapeake Bay Program

The Maryland Shellfish Sanitation Monitoring Program, comprised of a network of 800 sampling stations within the Chesapeake Bay basin, monitors the bacteriological quality of all of Maryland's shellfish harvesting waters on a monthly basis. Stations are selected to provide representative data in each shellfish growing area and to reflect the efrfects of potential pollution sources.