Nonnative oysters in the Chesapeake Bay

Nonnative oysters in the Chesapeake Bay /

Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay discusses the proposed plan to offset the dramatic decline in the bay's native oysters by introducing disease-resistant reproductive Suminoe oysters from Asia. It suggests this move should be delayed until more is known about the environmental risks, even...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (U.S.), Maryland. Department of Natural Resources, Virginia Sea Grant College Program, Virginia. Department of Environmental Quality, Maryland Sea Grant College, Connecticut Sea Grant College Program
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2004
Subjects:
Oysters > Habitat > Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Oysters > Diseases.
Oyster fisheries > Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) > Management.
Introduced animals > Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Oyster culture > Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Restoration ecology > Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Fishery policy.
Introduced organisms > Government policy.
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) > Environmental conditions.
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