Re: VA Wetlands Are Being Destroyed (TheChesapeakeBay.com)

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From: Brian Raines
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 00:00

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AND consider the economic impact...

Estuaries provide a significant economic value. Commercial and recreational
fishing, boating and tourism provide more than 28 million jobs nationwide.
Fishing generates $111 billion a year to our nation's economy. And in one year
alone, 73 million people spent more than $10 billion on recreational boating
products and services, while $38 billion was spent on seafood in one year.

Source: Statement by U.S. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) as he announced The
Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act

Without the filtering and buffering wetlands, estuaries such as the
Chesapeake Bay will surely suffer.  And I enjoy it too much to sit idly by
while another strip shopping mall is constructed.  Or to watch as open bay
dumping at site 104 spreads sediment across recovering oyster bars and SAV
(submerged aquatic vegetation).

Brian Raines
Publisher, TheChesapeakeBay.com
http://TheChesapeakeBay.com
harbormaster@TheChesapeakeBay.com

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From: Brian Raines (TheChesapeakeBay.com) <thechesapeakebay@my-dejanews.com>
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Date: 1999/05/07
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