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INTERSTATE ACTIVITIES 



There are a number of interstate activities and agencies in the 

 Chesapeake Bay area each of which serves to some extent to coordinate 

 both Federal and State programs and operations. 



These include the: 



(1) Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin created 

 by the Potomac River Basin Compact in 1939. Members include 

 Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, the District 

 of Columbia, and the United States. 



(2) Potomac River Fisheries Commission established by the 

 Potomac River Compact, 1958, includes both the States of 

 Maryland and Virginia. The work of the Commission provides 

 for research, regulation, and licensing with respect to fish 

 and shellfish, and the taking or catching of such fish in the 

 tidewater oortion of the Potomac River. 



(3) Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission created in 

 1941, includes the States of Virginia and Maryland among the 

 fifteen signatory States to this compact. The U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior is the 

 primary research arm of the Commission. The purpose of the 

 Commission is to recommend and coordinate legislation and 

 general exercise of police cowers with respect to marine, 

 shell, and anadromous fisheries. 



(4) Chesape ake Research Council includes members such as the 

 Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Chesaoeake Bay Institute 



