Life in Baltimore's Inner Harbor: Fish

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Baltimore's Inner Harbor is one of the most polluted waterbodies in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Even so, life still exists in the cloudy waters. This series of short videos showcase what lives just beneath the surface of the Inner Harbor. As you watch, try to imagine how much more life would thrive if sources of pollution including sewage, trash, and polluted stormwater were cleaned up.

The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore's Healthy Harbor Plan proposes to make the harbor swimmable and fishable by 2020. For more information please vist: www.healthyharborbaltimore.org.

In this video you will see the fish of the Inner Harbor including Striped Killifish, Sea Spot, Menhaden, Striped Bass and White Perch. Future videos will feature crabs, sea nettles, and other invertebrates.

Brought to you by Waterfront Partnership and the Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program.

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Education

Tags:

• baltimore
• life
• fish underwater diving
• swimming
• fishing
• water pollution
• inner harbor
• maryland
• chesapeake bay

[jjtiojohn12]

how deep is the inner harbor?

[Hammercrafter]

This is accurate. Maryland Aquatic Wildlife Federation states at the current rate of improvement in the harbor, they anticipate successful introduction to at least 4 breeding pair of blue whale and 2 breeding pair of great white shark as well as 20 giant squid by April of 2012.

[simwis72]

@jma3211 Why so skeptical?

[jma3211]

this cant be the harbor