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138 MARYLAND MANUAL
Appropriations 1967 1968 General Funds .................................,....... $105,674 $85,250 Staff, 1967: 7; Staff, 1968: 8. DEPARTMENT OF CHESAPEAKE BAY AFFAIRS The Commission Chairman: Dr. Harry G. Byrd, 1968 Jeremiah Valliant, 1968; Albert 1. Baker, 1969; Richard E. Lankford, 1970; Lawrence 0. Hayden, 1971. The Department Joseph H. Manning, Director Louis N. Phipps, Jr„ Deputy Director Edward S. Digges, Special Assistant Attorney General State Office Building, Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 268-3371 The Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs, established by Chapter 82, Acts of 1964, superseded the Department of Tidewater Fisheries, created by Chapter 508, Acts of 1941. In creating the new Depart- ment, the General Assembly stated its intention to confer upon it the authority and responsibility for the "planning, development, man- agement, and conservation of the Chesapeake Bay and all other tidal waters and the shorelines and bottoms thereof." Specific responsibili- ties include water-oriented recreation development, shore erosion con- trol, waterways improvement and maintenance, and the issuing of permits for the mineral exploration and exploitation of the Chesa- peake Bay bottoms. The Commission consists of five members appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate for four-year terms. Two of the members must reside on the Eastern Shore, two repre- sent the Western Shore, and one must reside in either Charles, Calvert, or St. Mary's counties. The Commission elects its Chairman annually, subject to the approval of the Governor. The Commission acts in an advisory capacity to the Director, con- siders the need for resource development from the points of view of the economic and social interests of the citizens of the State, approves long-range plans and programs of the Department, and reviews the annual budget request. The Commission exercises regulatory authority as conferred upon the Department by Articles 14B (State Boat Act) and 66C (Natural Resources). The Director is appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The present Director is under the merit system. His successor will serve at the pleasure of the Governor. As the administrative head of the Department, the Director is responsi- ble for the exercise of all the powers and duties conferred upon the Department. He serves as a member of the Board of Natural Re- sources and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The Department has made substantial progress in restoring the productivity of the commercial fisheries in Maryland. Oyster produc- tion has increased from an all-time low of 1,243,497 bushels in the 1962-1963 season to a modern high of 3,014,670 bushels during the 1966-1967 season, as a result of vastly increased production of seed oysters by the State. Maryland now produces more than seventy-five percent of the entire U. S. catch of soft shell clams. The State leads the nation in the production of striped bass (rockfish) and is second only to Virginia in the production of blue crabs. The landed value of Maryland's fishery products rose from $11,729,000 in 1964 |
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