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Conservation of the Chesapeake Bay

Conservation of the Chesapeake Bay. Katie Stevens. Importance of the Bay. Environmental Estuarine ecosystem Home to over 3,600 different species and populations of plants and animals Water flow from the land often carries essential nutrients for plant growth Societal

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Conservation of the Chesapeake Bay

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  1. Conservation of the Chesapeake Bay Katie Stevens

  2. Importance of the Bay • Environmental • Estuarine ecosystem • Home to over 3,600 different species and populations of plants and animals • Water flow from the land often carries essential nutrients for plant growth • Societal • Provides the people with about 500 million pounds of food per year • Transportation route • Creates a vibrant economy • Job growth

  3. Current Laws in VA • Act 2.5 of the Code of Virginia (Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act) • Created and implemented in 1988 by the Virginia General Assembly • Made up of 14 different sections • Aims for an increase of water quality improvement within its watershed • Most important provisions of the act dictate the management and planning of land use in order to reduce negative impacts on water quality • Balanced by state and local governments

  4. Problems with conservation • Increased pollution • Development • Climate change

  5. Sharks in the bay • 14+ species in the Chesapeake Bay • The relationship between sharks and bay • Birthing and nursing grounds • Importance • Sharks are crucial to maintaining the biodiversity • Conservation and species protection • Negative public perception of sharks • No state-specific shark protection laws, but there are federal protections • Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) • Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000

  6. Rays in the bay • 13+ species in the Chesapeake Bay • With the reduction of sharks in the Bay, there is a abundance of cownose rays • Collapse in the commercial bivalve fishery • Conservation and species protection • Dismal • “Save the Bay, Eat a Ray” Campaign • The Maryland General Assembly passed Senate Bill 268 • Bans cownose ray fishing tournaments in state waters

  7. And now Your task…

  8. An Art contest!!!

  9. What is it about? • You must create an original work of art that has to do with the theme: Conservation of the Bay. • Your art and your artist’s statement will be submitted and put on display. • At the exhibition, the piece and the statement will be judged and voted on to see which is the best, most influential creative expression. • Bring awareness to the importance of Bay and elasmobranchs

  10. Good luck and be creative!!!

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