PRINTER'S NO. 1768
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
352
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY YAW, MAY 9, 2016
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 9, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of June 5 through 11, 2016, as "Chesapeake
Bay Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Chesapeake Bay is the largest and most
productive estuary in the United States, its watershed spanning
six states and the District of Columbia; and
WHEREAS, The Chesapeake Bay is fed by 50 major tributaries,
the largest being the Susquehanna River, which provides 50% of
the freshwater to the Bay; and
WHEREAS, Stretching 200 miles from Havre de Grace, Maryland,
to Norfolk, Virginia, the Chesapeake Bay has an average depth of
21 feet and ranges from 3.4 to 35 miles wide; and
WHEREAS, The Chesapeake Bay supports 348 species of finfish,
173 species of shellfish and more than 3,600 species of plant
and animal life, including 2,700 types of plants and more than
16 species of underwater grasses; and
WHEREAS, The Chesapeake Bay produces more than 500 million
pounds of seafood harvest each year; and
WHEREAS, The bay's tributaries in this Commonwealth are an
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