The USGS informs the public in a timely manner about programs, activities and research through fact sheets, press releases and the USGS web pages. The USGS publishes its findings independent of the political or administrative interests of other organizations. As a matter of policy, the USGS strives to be as unbiased in reporting its findings to the public as it is in communicating its findings to other scientists. The USGS looks forward to working with its partners in the Chesapeake Bay Program to provide technically sound science and to improve methods of communicating the results to other scientists, resource managers and the public. No babies We have study after study to see what will be the best way to keep a good supply of fish and crabs in the Bay to ensure that there is a good harvest and that watermen can make a good living.
Studies are good, at times, but it takes nerve, or let's call it common sense.
It took common sense to put a moratorium on the harvesting of rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay, and we all can see what that achieved. The Bay is now full of rockfish. Now we all know that it takes females to have babies. The people of Maryland, at one time, bought all of the Maryland crabs they needed. Now, they buy crabs from North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, etc. because one cannot supply them with crabs from the Chesapeake Bay.