Property rights and cost/benefit analysis: the way Congress handles these issues may have far-reaching implications for the environment, public health, civil rights, and the economy; Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act of 1995: concerns about gutting worker safety, public health and environmental laws; PCBs lethal to oyster larvae; EPA dioxin reassessment confirms already bad reputation
EPA seeks public comments on contaminated sediment management strategy and dioxin reassessment; Clean Water Act reauthorization; “For wetlands, too; it’s the economy!” Maryland fisherman and former ASMFC Commissioner testifies on behalf of wetlands; Summer flounder habitat needs; Hull paints: hot tamales – no more heavy metals
Chesapeake residents unaware of Bay pollutant sources: nutrient enrichment from farm- and home-based fertilizers elude survey respondents as key sources of Chesapeake Bay pollution; Killers from the ooze: nutrient rich polluted effluent implicated in fish-killing algae attacks; Fisheries, wetlands, and jobs: the value of wetlands to America’s fisheries; EPA seeks ban on lead fishing sinkers; Clean Water Act reauthorization; Cooperative program unites forces to improve the Peconic Bay
Protecting fish habitat with the National Estuary Program; The money game: leveraging funds an asset of NEPs; Fishermen and the National Estuary Program; Reauthorization of the Clean Water Act; Action Alert: dredging process public meetings scheduled for May 1994
ASMFC Who? …….. Why Habitat?; New York fishermen help improve shellfish habitat in Peconic Bay; F.I.S.H. Habitat Education Program – protecting your fishing future
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