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of Johns Hopkins University and the Chesapeake Biological 

 Laboratory of Natural Resources Institute of the University 

 of Maryland. Its purpose is to promote and coordinate 

 research on Chesapeake Bay. 



(5) DELMARVA Advisory Council is primarily concerned with 

 economic development. In particular, it coordinates and pro- 

 motes travel and industrial develooment in Delaware, Maryland, 

 and Virginia. 



(6) Atlantic Waterfowl Council includes all the Atlantic 

 Seaboard States as well as Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and 

 Vermont. Its main activity is the protection of marine water- 

 fowl habitat and the regulation of migratory waterfowl routes. 



(7) Four-State Study Group includes the States of New Jersey, 

 Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Its main function is the 

 coordination of research on MSX oyster disease and related 

 marine environment. 



Two of the most significant management schemes that are now being 

 considered for the Chesapeake Bay region are the proposed Federal - 

 interstate compacts for the Susquehanna River Basin and the Potomac 

 River Basin. 



Both are modeled after the well-known Delaware River Basin Compact of 

 1961, and concern the use of water and related land resources, and en- 

 compass all management functions including comprehensive plannina, 

 regulation, construction, financing, maintenance, and operation of 

 public facilities. Both stop short of entering Chesapeake Bay. 



