Implementation Plan for Removing Impediments to Migratory Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
- Published:
- August 1, 1994
- Originator:
- Chesapeake Bay Program
The Fish Passage Workgroup, under the auspices of the Living Resources Subcommittee, constitutes a baywide effort to restore natural spawning habitat to the migratory fish of the Chesapeake Bay. Its membership includes representatives from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, EPA, the Chesapeake Bay Program, US Fish & Wildlife Service, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, and public interest groups. An Intragency Agreement between EPA and NMFS facilitates the processing and distribution of federal funds to the various jurisdictions for many of the fish passage, stocking, and survey projects. Hydraulic engineers of the USFWS provide technical expertise in the development, design, and construction of the majority of the fishway built in the watershed. It is the highdegree of inter-jurisdictional and interagency cooperation that has allowed the Fish Passage Workgroup to be so successful in 1994 and years past.