Task: Using the fisheries data found on the resource sites, compose the product with the most recently available data about the fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay.  The abundance of fisheries, shellfish and finfish indicates a general health of the bay.  Pose a hypothesis about declining oyster and blue crab catches in the Chesapeake Bay related to water quality.

Product: Chart, overhead or PowerPoint with fisheries facts and information to support your hypothesis.

Resources: 

• Seafood Production in Maryland:  www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/seafood.html
• Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/fishingreport/chesapeake.html
• TED (Trade and Environment Database) Blue Crab Case Study:  www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/bluecrab.htm
• Animals and Plants of the Chesapeake Bay:  www.chesapeakebay.net/baybio.htm
• Shad Restoration:  http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=319
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation Fact Sheets:  www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=resources_facts_index
• Oysters in Chesapeake Bay:  www.chesapeakebay.net/american_oyster.htm