Delaware Inland Bays
Direct
Mail Survey
Type: Stressors affecting habitat (i.e., which
sources have contributed to its degradation and whether they are direct or
indirect factors).
Category: Submerged
Cost: $50,000 for media campaign
Description: Social Survey done by direct mail to Sussex County,
Delaware, residents to determine attitudes about Pfiesteria piscicida.
Outcome: Document can be used by policymakers to garner resources
to direct Inland Bays cleanups.
Contact: Jim Falk, 302-645-4235, jfalk@udel.edu
Citations: Understanding Delaware Residents' Concerns, Attitudes,
and Perceptions about Harmful Algal Blooms: Pfiesteria piscicida; and
The Center for Inland Bays Sea Grant University of Deleware, published September
2000.
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