Published:
July 1, 1988
Originator:
Chesapeake Bay Program

The 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement contains a set of objectives and commitments for restoring and protecting the living resources of the Chesapeake Bay. The overall goal of the Living Resources section of the Agreement and its accompanying text frame the Bay-wdie, ecosystem approach for bringing back a living Chesapeake. This document respond to the following Living Resources commitment:n "by July 1988, to adopt a schedule for the development of Bay-wide resource management strategies for commercially, recreationally, and selected ecologically valuable species."

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