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Gulf of Maine Library Collection

Van Dusen, Katrina. The Gulf of Maine: Sustaining Our Common Heritage Executive Summary. November 1989.

This resource is the executive summary from a conference that took place entitled The Gulf of Maine: Sustaining Our Common Heritage. This summary lists the warning signs of degradation in the Gulf, such as the relatively undeveloped embayments and unnatural concentrations of toxins in the sediments in the deep basins. Also included in this summary are the effects of environmental stresses, including the appearance of liver lesions and fin rot in some fish and shellfish, health advisories, and the decline in the right whale, piping plover and other species. Lastly this resource also discusses the effects on coastal economies from environmental stress.

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