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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: IMPACTS ON NATURAL-RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Robert P. Jones, Jones, Robert P.

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Clean air, clean water and clean land policies, if totally implemented, would have dramatic positive impacts on the economic development of the fishing industry.The clean water policy alone would provide the opportunity for declining fish populations to rebuild.In the southeastern United States, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service, 85 percent of the fish species sought by commercial fishermen are estuarine dependent.Estuaries' health determines fisheries' fate.At this point in time, construction near wetlands, storm water runoff, nonfunctioning septic tanks and pollution associated with heavy industry as well as municipal wastes decide the fate of most marine critters.

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Clean air, clean water and clean land policies, if totally implemented, would have dramatic positive impacts on the economic development of the fishing industry.The clean water policy alone would provide the opportunity for declining fish populations to rebuild.In the southeastern United States, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service, 85 percent of the fish species sought by commercial fishermen are estuarine dependent.Estuaries' health determines fisheries' fate.At this point in time, construction near wetlands, storm water runoff, nonfunctioning septic tanks and pollution associated with heavy industry as well as municipal wastes decide the fate of most marine critters.

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Clean air, clean water and clean land policies, if totally implemented, would have dramatic positive impacts on the economic development of the fishing industry.The clean water policy alone would provide the opportunity for declining fish populations to rebuild.In the southeastern United States, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service, 85 percent of the fish species sought by commercial fishermen are estuarine dependent.Estuaries' health determines fisheries' fate.At this point in time, construction near wetlands, storm water runoff, nonfunctioning septic tanks and pollution associated with heavy industry as well as municipal wastes decide the fate of most marine critters.

Key concepts: Natural resource, Natural resource economics, Economics, Resource (disambiguation), Natural (archaeology), Business, Environmental resource management, Geography

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