• Governor’s Press Office: Governor Appoints 11-Member Blue Ribbon Commission to Recommend Solutions for Pfiesteria outbreaks.

• October 9, 1997 – Secretary John R. Griffin Testimony before House Subcommittee to the Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans Committee on Pfiesteria.

• Report of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Citizens Pfiesteria Action Commission, November 3, 1997 (filename: hughes_commission_report.pdf, 258 kb, you will need Adobe Reader to view this file)

• Protocol for Closing and Reopening Rivers affected by Pfiesteria or Pfiesteria-like events. Summary.

• Water Quality, Habitat and Biological Conditions of River Systems Affected by Pfiesteria or Pfiesteria-like Organisms on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland:  1997

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• January 21, 1998 Summary of Governor Glendening’s Water Initiative

• Summary of Maryland’s Pfiesteria-related Comprehensive Assessment and Rapid Response Efforts in 1998.

• Maryland’s 1998 Pfiesteria experience: Preliminary Analysis of Data and Comparison to 1997.

• Third Report of the Technical Advisory Committee on Harmful Algal Outbreaks in Maryland

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• February 12, 1999 Special Report of the Technical Advisory Committee on Harmful Algal Outbreaks in Maryland: Causes and Significance of Menhaden Lesions

• 1999 Overview Summary of Pfiesteria and Fish Health monitoring in Chesapeake Bay.

• Fourth Report of the Technical Advisory Committee on Harmful Algal Outbreaks in Maryland

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• Fish Health, Habitat Quality, and Pfiesteria Surveillance in Support of Maryland's Response to Toxic Outbreaks of Pfiesteria and Similar Dinoflagellates: 2000

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• Summary of Maryland’s Pfiesteria-related 2001 Work Plans

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