government regulations were established to control the methods, species, and locations 
of fish harvest, although no systematic effort was made to collect accurate catch and 
harvest statistics until 1958. The National Park Service monitoring program has 
provided detailed data on the fishing effort and harvest of both commercial and 
recreational fisheries up to the present time. Five species (gray snapper, spotted 
seatrout, red drum, sheepshead and black drum) have comprised over 86% of the 
sportfish harvest since 1958. The total recreational fish harvest from Florida Bay by 
guided and non-guided parties has ranged between 700,000 and 800,000 fish per year 
since 1984. Species most frequently sought by guide fishermen include tarpon, 
bonefish, snook, spotted seatrout, gray snapper, red drum, and Spanish mackerel. 
1940 - 1987 0 
Lewis, R. R. (1987) The restoration and creation of seagrass meadows in the southeast 
United States. Fla. Mar. Res. PubL 42:153*73. 
The restoration and creation of seagrass meadows is of increasing concern in the 
southeast United States, due to large scale declines in seagrass meadow coverage. 
Researchers and environmentalists estimate that approximately one-third of the 
600,000 ha of seagrass meadows that were present in coastal Florida in the 1940's no 
longer exist. Associated declines in fisheries harvests have been documented. In 
Mississippi, 1,970 ha of seagrasses remain, representing a loss of almost two-thirds. 
Both restoration and creation of meadows have been successful in individual projects at 
sites up to 6 ha in size, but failures are common. A more analytical approach to 
successful plantings is encouraged; prior knowledge of water quality and stresses on 
existing seagrass meadows is essential, Simple transplanting with plugs from existing 
healthy meadows (particularly Thalassia testudinum plugs) is not encouraged for large- 
scale projects. The use of non-destructive sources of material for culture of planting 
units is documented and recommended. Salvage of seagrasses from areas to be 
impacted can ensure successful, non-destructive meadow restoration and creation, and 
is encouraged. 
1943 0 
Davis, J. H. (1943) The natural features of southern Florida, especially the vegetation and 
the Everglades. Fla. Geol. Surv. Bull. . 25:1-311. 
[DATE OF SAMPLING UNKNOWN OR NOT APPLICABLE.] This citation is a detailed 
description of the South Florida ecosystem, including the marine portion of the 
Everglades National Park. The effect of canals and dikes, probable former conditions, 
soil subsidence and land utilization as of the time of publication in 1943 are discussed. 
1944 0 
Parker, G. G., and C. W. Cooke (1944) Late Cenozoic geology of southern Florida, with a 
discussion of the ground water. Geol. Bull. 27. The Florida Geological Society, Tallahassee, 
FL. 
[DATE OF SAMPLING UNKNOWN OR NOT APPLICABLE.] Southern Florida gives evidence 
of repeated oscillations of sea level but of little structural deformation. The oldest 
outcropping formations are the Caloosahatchee marl, the Buckingham marl, and the 
Tamiami formation. The Caloosahatchee consists predominantly of sand and shell marl; 
the Buckingham of calcareous clay with phosphate grains; and the Tamiami of 
calcareous sandstone and sandy limestone with beds and pockets of quartz sand. Well 
records show that the Caloosahatchee marl and the Tamiami formation interfinger and 
are essentially contemporaneous, though the outcropping tongue of the Tamiami 
overlies the facies represented by the Caloosahatchee. The Buckingham marl merges 
into the Caloosahatchee. These Pliocene formations are separated from the overlying 
Pleistocene formations by an erosional unconformity which indicates that they were 
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