Directive 93-3: Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Restoration Goals
This directive commits the Chesapeake Bay Program to set regional submerged aquatic vegetation restoration goals, work to restore SAV to their historical levels and develop a further restoration target.
Description
In 1989, the Chesapeake Bay Program committed in the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Policy for Chesapeake Bay and Tidal Tributaries to achieve a net gain in submerged aquatic vegetation distribution, abundance and species diversity in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries over present populations. Directive No. 93-2 commits the Chesapeake Bay Program to set regional submerged aquatic vegetation restoration goals in terms of acreage, abundance and species diversity considering historical distribution records and estimates of potential habitat. It also commits the Bay Program to work to restore SAV to their historical levels, agree to an interim SAV restoration goal of 114,000 acres Bay-wide and direct that a further target level be developed for the restoration of SAV to all shallow water areas delineated as existing or potential SAV habitat down to the 1 meter depth contour.
Category: Directive