Author: Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Title: National Estuary Study. Seven Volumes
Description: Washington, D. C. U. S. Government Printing Office, 1970. First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers bound in blue library cloth-covered boards. V.1:95 pp.;V.2: 303 pp.; V.3: 330 pp.; V.4: [270 pp.]; V.5: [220 pp.]; V.6: [250 pp.]; V.7: [200 pp.]. Illus. with 100+ b/w photos, 90+ maps (20 large color foldouts, 20 color, 50 b/w), charts, drawings, graphs, and tables. Sm. 4to. The main report, of which this is copy #192, is followed by Appendices A thru K covering specific estuaries, biophysical profiles, landscape surveys, economic analyses, technological impacts, conflicts, and evaluations of laws, governmental bodies, and public management schemes. Some of the estuaries covered are the Great Lakes, Hawaii, Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Biscayne Bay, Florida Bay and Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. Original reports in decorated wraps are, except for a single stamp, in fine condition bound in tight; clean ex-lib cloth covered boards with call numbers and interior markings.

Keywords: Natural History, , Natural History, Commercial Fishing, Sport Fishing, Waterways, Rivers, Bays, Lakes, Marshes, tide lands, coastal waters,