AlB-Lancaster Farming, Friday, January 6, 1995
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Susquehanna River
Basin Commission (SRBC) is to
meet 9 a.m., Jan. 12, at the
Radisson-Penn Harris Hotel and
Convention Center in Camp Hill,
and is expected to adopt a policy
for the control of non-indigenous
aquatic species into the Susque
hanna River and ultimately the
Chesapeake Bay.
The two-pronged policy one
set of policy rules for the intention
al, first-time introduction; another
for the unintentional is
being sought because of problems
associated with unwanted aquatic
life which can introduce disease,
or displace current species.
The poGcy is really the adoption
of a biosecurity measure that is
being sought, ultimately, for the
entire region and all watersheds
feeding into the Chesapeake Bay.
Such problems include the zebra
clam which can clog water uptake
or discharge valves, such as the
ones associated with power plants.
However, there are many incidents
of undesirable foreign species
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SRBC To Meet, Adopt Aquatic Species Policy
being introduced into waters ai ,
causing environmental and eco
nomic problems.
For aquaculturalists, the policy
could mean new rules and regula
tions surrounding the importation,
raising, breeding, and disposal of
aquatic species.
However, according to the poli
cy, it is for “first-time introduc
tions of non-indigenous, non
naturalized aquatic species. Birds,
mammals and other organisms,
including marsh-dwellers, that live
on land or in the soil are not
included in the scope of this
policy.”
Furthermore, under the actual
policy’s review process for inten
tional first-time introductions,
“All species currently approved
for aquaculature or stocking and
the conditions under which each
may be cultured or stocked at the
present time in each jurisdiction
will be considered as approved
under the policy for that
jurisdiction.”
According to Gerald Hollowell,
chief of water quality and monitor
ing division for the SRBC, the
impact of the policy may require
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some changes to how aquacultur
alists operate with exotic species,
or new breeds, and pet store opera
tors and dealers of live aquatic spe
cies may be required to seek addi
tional approvals before being
allowed to import an exotic species
not currently approved, but he said
hedidn’treally expect the policy to
have much of an impact on com
mercial production aquaculture.
According to a news release
from the SRBC, which is a federal
interstate compact headquartered
along Front Street in Harrisburg,
the adoption of the “Chesapeake
Bay Policy for the Introduction of
Non-indigenous Aquatic Species”
into the SRBC’s comprehensive
plan, is among several items on the
agency’s agenda.
The four-member SRBC con
sists of the heads of the environ
mental agencies for New York,
Pennsylvania, and Maryland or an
appointed alternate, and the U.S.
secretary of the interior, or an
appointed alternate.
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In-short, its mission is to assure
safe, clean, reliable flows of water
throughout the basin of the Sus
quehanna River through proper
management.
The Chesapeake Bay Program is
a project of the U.S. Environmen
tal Protection Agency (EPA) and
various private and public state
agencies to help protect the water
and aquatic environment of the
bay.
As of December 1993, the poli
cy under consideration was
adopted by the Chesapeak Bay
Program, and was signed by the
governors of Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, the head of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agen
cy, the representative for the Dis
trict of Columbia, and by a rep
resentative of the Chesapeake Bay
Commission.
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sion is a separate interstate legisla
tive compact of Pennsylvania.
Maryland, and Virginia, with the
mission to coordinate (and influ-
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agencies on public policy issues,
pertaining to the Chesapeake.
It is one of the six signatories to
the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agree
ment which set up goals of nutrient
reduction into the bay.
The policy that the SRBC is to
consider for adoption was created
by a subcommittee of the Chesa
peake Bay Program and is consis
tent with the urging of the Chesa
peake Bay Commission which has
stated that such issues should be
managed regionally, rather than
locally or by species.
The policy statement, which is
an overview of specific policy,
states:
It shall be the policy of the jur
isdictions in the Chesapeake Bay
basin to oppose the first-time
introduction of any non
indigenous aquatic species into the
unconfined waters of the Chesa
peake Bay and its tributaries for
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