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Restoration
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Primary: Mission Briefing Article
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Resilient Planet
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Mission 3: Paradise Lost
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63
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Science | History and nature of science | Historical perspectives | Life science | Animals | Boney fish | Personal and social issues | Humans and the environment | Conservation | Environmental change
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5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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Restoration, aquaculture, fish, Chesapeake Bay, limitation, seafood, community, crab, crabber, oyster, shucker, Sylvia Earle, farm, wild specimen, comprehensive monitoring, managing land, restricting ballast water release, fisheries management, reducing runoff, best management practice, BMP, replanting SAV estuary, ecosystem, record, evaluate, riparian forest, wetland, sustainable, level, rockfish, striped bass, menhaden, pollution, field, cultivating, fertilizing, die-off, underwater grass bed
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00:15:00 (HH:MM:SS)
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Teachers | Elementary Grades | Junior High
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4/20/2008
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NOAA Photo Library
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From: Resilient Planet Mission 3: Paradise Lost (pp: 63) |
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Restoration There are many trade-offs to protecting and restoring damaged ecosystems. This article discusses some of the challenges to restorationdescribes some of the ways people can help. |
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Some fish populations in the Chesapeake Bay have dropped so low that their best chance of recovery may be in the banning or limitation of fishing. Managing fisheries is not an easy thing to do. Regulations that limit seafood catches have an effect on many members of the human community. What happens to the crabbers and oyster shuckers who can no longer earn a living? And what about the people who transport and market seafood? How about the restaurant owners who serve seafood—and the people who work there? As you can see, there are trade-offs to protecting and restoring the Chesapeake Bay.
Historic records of journals dating back to the days of the Jamestown Settlement in 1607 are important for understanding what the Bay could be like. Personal accounts of people living today, who remember the quality of the Bay when it was less degraded, are also important. Fish market records from the past and the present give scientists like Sylvia Earle an understanding of changes in populations. Restoration will take the cooperation of all states within the watershed, but the bordering states will be most affected by changes in policies and the activities of people.
One way to help wild oysters and other aquatic populations to recover is to "farm" seafood. Farming aquatic organisms underwater is called aquaculture. Aquaculture provides seafood for the human market and reduces the need to catch wild specimens. Without that stress, organisms like the wild oysters may have a chance to recover.
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