Foreword 
The following are the proceedings of a seminar on Galveston Bay, held on March 14,1988, at the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. The Estuarine 
Programs Office (EPO) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spon¬ 
sored this seminar as a part of the continuing series of "Estuary-of-the-Month" Seminars, held with 
the objective of bringing to public attention important research and management issues of our 
nation's estuaries. To this end, participants first presented historical and scientific overviews of the 
bay area, followed by an examination of management issues by scientists and research managers 
involved in Galveston Bay. 
