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ContractNovember 17th, 2020
Vicki Blazer of the U.S. Geological Survey leads a field survey of smallmouth bass from the Shenandoah River. Her team has observed the effects of pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals that disrupt the hormonal systems of smallmouth bass and lead to the presence of eggs in male specimen's gonads. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Management StrategyOctober 15th, 2018
The Chesapeake Bay Agreement has a goal to ensure that the Bay and its rivers are free of effects of toxic contaminants on living resources and human health. The two associated outcomes are (1) research and (2) policy and prevention. The strategy for the research outcome will improve information about the occurrence, concentrations, sources and effects of toxic contaminants on fish and wildlife. The findings will be used by the CBP Toxic Contaminant Workgroup (TCW) and Water-Quality Goal Implementation Team to consider policy and prevention approaches to reduce the effects of contaminants on living resources in the Bay watershed and make them safer for human consumption. The issues being addressed in the research strategy have been updated in 2018 to be:
Management StrategyOctober 9th, 2018
The Chesapeake Bay Agreement has a goal to ensure that the Bay and its rivers are free of effects of toxic contaminants on living resources and human health. The two associated outcomes are (1) research and (2) policy and prevention. The strategy for the research outcome will improve information about the occurrence, concentrations, sources and effects of toxic contaminants on fish and wildlife. The findings will be used by the CBP Toxic Contaminant Workgroup (TCW) and Water-Quality Goal Implementation Team to consider policy and prevention approaches to reduce the effects of contaminants on living resources in the Bay watershed and make them safer for human consumption. The issues being addressed in the research strategy have been updated in 2018 to be:
