EDITOR'S PREFACE 
The following are the proceedings of a seminar on Chesapeake 
Bay held on September 23, 1985, at the Herbert C. Hoover 
Building of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. 
It was one of a continuing series of "Estuary-of-the-Month" 
seminars sponsored by the NOAA Estuarine Programs Office (EPO), 
held with the objective of bringing to public attention the 
important research and management issues of our Nation's estu¬ 
aries. To this end, the seminar first presented a historical, 
scientific overview of the Bay by senior investigators, followed 
by an examination of management issues by scientists-managers of 
research institutions and science agencies involved in the Bay. 
We acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Christopher F. D'Elia 
of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory who had principal respon¬ 
sibility for assembling the speakers and whose long involvement 
with the Bay and its people was invaluable. The seminar was co¬ 
ordinated by Dr. James P. Thomas, EPO Senior Scientist, with the 
assistance of other members of the EPO staff. Seminar tran¬ 
scription was done by Ms. Margaret M. Powell, word processing by 
Ms. Janet A. Davis, and manuscript preparation by Ms. Alice L. 
Roberson. 
Samuel E. McCoy 
NOAA Estuarine Programs Office 
Washington, D.C. 
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