You can say your first name if you want
Hi Maurice
My name is Esther Peter
Adrian
What's your project?
Oh, interesting
I have absolutely no idea
It's grasses that grow in the water
What is submerged aquatic vegetation?
Submerged aquatic vegetation
Seaweed, algae
It's vegetation under water
Submerged aquatic vegetation
I would presume is
Vegetation below the water
That our crabs
And other bait life
Consume, bait grasses
That type of thing
It's vegetation
Which is growing
At the bottom of the bay
Such as
Various grasses which I can name
Maybe there's something called eel grass
I don't know
It is grass in which
The
Crabs when they are soft shell
Are
Protecting themselves
And it's
Vegetation that's quite endangered
From all the
Runoff into the bay
It's a pretty great answer
What do you feel is
The importance of bait grasses?
I'm sure it has something
Significant to do with the
The overall ecosystem in the bay
I've been in the seafood business for a long time
So I know their relevance
Especially to the bay
I would have to say
Filtration
Like oxygen production
Keeping the gases moving throughout the water
And all that stuff
Photosynthesis
Throughout some cells, mitochondria
Whatever else I can remember
They provide nutrients to the animal life
Wildlife in the bay
Keeps the water clean
Well, just like the bay
It's a huge filter for our water
And if they're not healthy
Then the whole Chesapeake bay
Isn't going to work the way it should
And just one last question
For the overall health of the bay
How do you feel about it right now?
What do you feel is still needs to be done?
Um
Right now I think it's just
It's kind of a mess
I feel it's being polluted
And it's being destroyed by all of us
We don't respect it
Save the bay, we don't want it
We want, in that mind, to save it
We destroy it
I know that
It's really like
Folder conditions that we're
Doing to maintain our food chain
And we need to rethink it
And put it back to basics
I think it's healthier
Than it used to be
Because people are working on that
Right?
Even though there are a lot of people
Working hard towards a cleaner bay
It is still going to take a conscious effort
On the part of all of us
To achieve the results that we desired
Bay grasses are a critical part
Of a healthy underwater ecosystem
Not only do they provide habitat
For many species of fish
Shellfish and waterfowl
They also provide underwater animals
With the oxygen that they need to survive
Any of the actions we take on a daily basis
Can affect the health of these grasses
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