EDITORS PREFACE 
The following are the proceedings of a seminar on San Fran¬ 
cisco Bay held on November 22, 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 in our Nation's estu¬ 
aries. To this end, the seminar first presented an overview of 
the Bay by senior scientific investigators, followed by an 
examination of management issues by leaders of planning and 
regulatory agencies involved in the Bay. 
We would like to acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Michael 
Josselyn of the Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San 
Francisco State University, who had principal responsibility for 
assembling the speakers. Dr. Josselyn's cooperation in produc¬ 
ing these proceedings and his experience with the Bay and its 
people have been invaluable to us. The seminar series was or¬ 
ganized by Dr. James P. Thomas of the EPO, with the assistance 
of other members of the EPO staff. Word processing for these 
proceedings was done by Janet Davis. 
David M. Goodrich 
NOAA Estuarine Programs Office 
Washington, D.C. 
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