Evaluation of dredge fishing activity on the seaside of Virginia's Eastern Shore, December 1994 - November 1995 Final report Dredging fishing impacts on Eastern Shore

"...[W]e undertook a cooperative project... to address some of the most pressing issues related to the environmental impacts of commercial dredge fishing on the Seaside of Virginia's Eastern Shore. Our primary objectives were to assess the scope of the activity and some of its impacts. Of particular interest was determining the temporal and spatial patterns of dredging activity along the Seaside in relation to the various seasonal restrictions on both public and leased bottom habitat."--p.3. 1996 Funding: Dept. of Environmental Quality's Coastal Resources Managenment Program with funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management; grant number: NA47OZ0287-01; task number: 91; NOS (National Ocean Service) Library Public Domain 1935