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National Estuary Program Coastal Condition Report
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its first National Estuary Program Coastal Condition Report, which ranks the condition of ecological resources in the 28 estuaries of EPA's National Estuary Program (NEP), including the Massachusetts Bays. Overall, the NEP's are in fair condition and scored better than or equal to all other non-NEP U.S. estuaries despite significant population pressures. The NEP estuaries were rated individually, regionally, and nationally using four primary indicators of estuarine condition: water quality, sediment quality, benthic (bottom) condition, and fish-tissue contaminant concentrations.

URL: www.mass.gov/envir/massbays/whatsnew.htm
Updated 3/12/08

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