Type of Resources Impaired
Region	Number of Estuaries with Impaired Uses	Commercial and Recreational Fishing	Fish consumption	Shellfish	Swimming	Boating	Aesthetics	Tourism
North Atlantic	12	0	0	11	0	1	0	0
Middle Atlantic	16	12	0	9	6	2	8	2
South Atlantic	9	8	3	3	1	1	0	2
Gulf of Mexico	19	11	5	12	4	1	4	10
Pacific	13	12	0	11	4	0	5	0
Total	69	43	8	46	15	5	17	14

Source:  Bricker, S.B., C.G. Clement, D.E Pirhalla, S.P. Orlanda, and D.R.G. Farrow, National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment: Effects of Nutrient Enrichment in the Nation's Estuaries (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Washington, DC, 1999).

Notes:  Total may not agree with sum of detail components because some estuaries have more than one type of impairment.

Last Updated on 1/21/01