A. No degradation of existing submerged land habitat
1. Improve public understanding of submerged land habitat value
2. Identify and define sensitive areas
3. Minimize dredging and other disruptive activities in sensitive areas
4. Improve water clarity for SAV
growth
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EXISTING PROGRAMS: 1. Outreach ·
Beneficial use of
dredge material ·
Bay Program website
for benthic resources ·
Baylor Grounds maps ·
Citizen Watershed
groups ·
Clean Marina Program ·
SAV maps –VIMS ·
Virginia Oyster
Heritage Program 2. Regulation ·
Marine Protected
Areas -VMRC ·
Subaqueous Lands
Permit ·
VMRC Enforcement ·
VMRC permitting for
transplanting SAV – monitoring and tracking N/A 3. Monitoring ·
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4.
Planning/coordination · CBP Environmental Endpoints · Habitat Management Advisory Committee – VMRC · Submerged Minerals Management Plan 5.
Research · Comprehensive Coastal Inventory –VIMS · Natural Heritage Inventory- DCR N/A
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MISSING ELEMENTS: 1. Outreach ·
2. Regulation ·
3. Authority ·
Authorize
establishment of no wake zones for ecological reasons 4. Monitoring ·
Establish/maintain
inventory of submerged bottom types, sensitive areas, shallow water
bathymetry, MPA’s, aquaculture activities ·
Develop classification
of habitat types in the Bay 5.
Planning/coordination
· Coordinate management of riparian lands with management of shallow submerged lands 6.
Research · Expand knowledge of values of submerged land habitat ·
7.
Definition of
management targets ·
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