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Luray HS
3/15/2012
I am an oyster and I have lived in the Chesapeake
Bay for over sixty years now. My
family and I have had great suffering because of all the
pollution that has been put into
the bay over the past 40 years. Many of my family
members have died from this. There
needs to be something done to reduce the amount of
pollution. I feel that it is my
responsiblity to offer a solution in order to have
something be done about all the pollution
and fisherman taking away all my friends. My suggestion
is for people to actually recycle.
People should also stop just littering and throwing
their trash into the water because its
killing my family and me. Plus not to mention it is very
trashy of you. Because of your
pollution, there are low levels of dissolved oxygen
which are keeping my crab friends
population well below average. All of their food is
being killed by the pollution and it is
forcing them to turn to cannibalism and eat each other.
Also I believe that there should be
a limit on the amount of crabs and oysters that can be
taken out of the Bay every year.
The average oyster catch is 25 million pounds a year,
and the blue crab is nearly one third
of the nations catch. If this number could be reduced to
just 20 million a year it would
make a huge difference in the population and the amount
of my friends that are being
taken away from me.
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From:
Down by the Bay - CB_Ecosystem - MdS
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3/27/2012
We totally agree with everything you said. Hopefully one
day people will realize that
there needs to be regulations on the amount of oysters
caught per year.
From:
Nessie the lock ness monster - CB_Ecosystem - MdS
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3/29/2012
We agree with your opinion however we have to keep in
mind the fishing industires and
the effect of lowering the amount of crabs they can
catch. It may have a positive
effect on the bay but it will have negative
repercussions on the economic welafare of
the fisherman.
We strongly agree with everything you have stated. We
strongly believe that there
should be regulations of the amount of crabs and oysters
removed from the Bay.
From:
Saving Nemo... and others! - CBP_Fed - MdS
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3/29/2012
I know it is bad that we are killing your friends and
family, but besides proiding
humans with food, what else do Oysters do to help the
Bay? Also, what kinds of
pollution effects the Bay's water quality?
From:
Nessie the lock ness monster - CB_Ecosystem - MdS
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4/2/2012
Oysters are filter feeders so they help take the excess
nutrients out of the Bay
affects of Eutrophication. Excess nutrients and runoff
are two big factors that
affect the Bay's water quality.
From:
K&T Group - recreation - MslmnHS
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4/3/2012
I agree. But do you know what is specifically affecting
the oysters environment? And
how you can prevent it in the future?
From:
YnoK - Other - EHHS
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4/11/2012
First point: Oysters are filter-feeders. They literally
cannot make any sort of
transition to cannibalism. So you don't have to worry
about that.
Secondly, is it truly realistic to place any kind of
limit on how many oysters can be
caught. We're talking about the livelihood of fisherman.
Catching oysters and other
aquatic organisms is their job. If there's a limit, how
will industries make money off of
oysters? Should there be a limit on shrimp as well? And
how do these proposed limits
help the issue at hand: pollution in the bay?
From:
JACT - homeowner - EHHS
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4/16/2012
How do you suggest limiting the pollution and the oyster
and crab catch?
Also oysters do not live for 60 years
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