Despite his lack of success in campaigning, Byrd did receive several gubernatorial appointments : Chairman of the Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission, Maryland Commissioner to the Potomac River Fisheries Commission, and Chairman of the Commission on Chesapeake Bay Affairs.
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The earliest mention of a " Land and Water " magazine in the British Library catalogue is for " a journal of field sport, sea, river fisheries and practical natural history, incorporated with The Country Gentleman ", beginning in 1866.
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Between 1849 and 1852 he wrote several studies on the prospects for the further development of the province s ocean and river fisheries, a task which saw him travel some 900 miles throughout New Brunswick ( 500 of them by canoe ) collecting information and statistics.
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After extensive deliberation and directed research it was determined that the potential risks of the introduction could cause " unacceptable ecological risks . " Officials of Maryland, Virginia, the U . S . Army of Engineers and the Potomac River Fisheries Commission decided against introducing the Suminoe oyster in 2009 and decided to focus their efforts on native oyster restoration.
