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The loss of these marshlands can only be partly justified as needed 

 for our economic growth and the demand of a growing population. 

 Much of it has been the permanent destruction of an irreplaceable 

 natural resource for a very temporary economic advantage. The 

 accumulative effect has been change in the ecology of the 

 Connecticut shoreline with the decline of formerly abundant species 

 of fish and shellfish as well as the total disappearance of certain 

 species of shell and finfish in specific areas. 



DAMAGE TO FISH AND WILDLIFE 

 Chesapeake Bay 



At the request of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration 

 the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife conducted a study of 

 "Fish and Wildlife Resources as related to Water Pollution" in the 

 Chesapeake Bay Area. The report was issued in 1968; its results 

 are summarized here. 



The study area covered by biological considerations in this report 

 included Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, except the Susquehanna 

 River Basin. This area includes the major drainages of the James, 

 Rappannock-York, and Potomac Rivers as well as Chesapeake Bay and 

 its minor tributaries. These drainages encompass virtually all of 

 Maryland, a sizable portion of Virginia, and small segments of Dela- 

 ware, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. 



To evaluate the relative effect of pollution on fish and wildlife 



