CHAPTER 4LESSON 3

“The Plentiful Sea”

Great Shellfish Bay

Chesapeake Bay is rich in crabs, oysters, clams, and other shellfish.

Many families in the Chesapeake Bay make a living by harvesting the sea.

People who fish different kinds of seafood in the bay are called watermen.

Process for harvesting the sea

1.Crabbers use crab pots to catch crabs in the summer.

2. Then, the crabber pulls the crab pot into the

fishing boat, empties the pot, and sorts the catch by size and type.

3. Finally, they take them to the market to sell.

Challenges to Chesapeake Bay

What have people done to stop pollution and overfishing in the Bay?

They have started an organization Chesapeake Bay Foundation. They are working to educate people about the environment. There slogan, or saying, is “Save the Bay.”

What would you do?

Challenges to Chesapeake Bay

How does the land around the Bay pollute the water and then harms the fish?

Factories dump waste onto the land, which pollutes the soil.

When it rains or snows, the polluted soil washes into the water.

Other Northeast Bays

There are other Bays in the area besides the Chesapeake Bay.

• The Delaware Bay and Massachusetts Bay also have plentiful products of the sea.

Review over Lesson 3

1. What are the people who fish Chesapeake Bay called?

2. Why is the Chesapeake Bay important to the Northeast?

3. What is the purpose of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation?