CARING AND CATERING THE BLUE CRAB, EDUCATIONAL WETLANDS SYSTEM AT SPARROWS POINT

Abstract

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest contained waterway in the US. Its environmental problems have existed since colonial times and have worsened. Efforts have been improving its environmental and wildlife quality, creating opportunity for its current and future inhabitants. The Bay serves as a food source for its own ecosystems and inhabitants. With a decline and slow rise of aquatic populations, and global climate change, it is essential to address the water quality and population trends. The bay offers an opportunity to solve environmental problems to promote a sustainable food source and further a connection between humans and environmental systems. Cleaning water, maintaining habitat, supporting sustainable aquaculture, and creating a restaurant with public for ecotourism and education are synergistic programs that can be designed to all work together to improve the health of the bay.