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Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay a vast aquatic farm
The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries form a massive marine farm, supporting oysters fish and crabs. Maryland spends over 450000 dollars this year through Tidewater Fisheries Department, with policing costs about 250000. License fees and taxes from locals total under 100000, highlighting the resource’s economic importance and the need for better conservation and management across a 200 mile estuary draining 64900 square miles.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Tidewater Fisheries Department
Tidewater
Atlantic
Capes
Susquehanna River
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Delaware