... farmland in order to promote the growth of crops. Often times the amount used is more than is needed. The excess fertilizer is then washed into streams and river by rain water and it too eventually ends up in the Bay. Much of the nitrogen and phosphorus is consumed by algae, which in return consumes oxygen during its decomposition that is ... attack especially without the protection of the declining amounts of SAVs (Chesapeake Bay Program July 2002). The Regulations In the case of the most recent regulations, the Chesapeake Bay Commission's Bi-State Blue Crab Advisory Committee performe...

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