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Scope and Purpose

The Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) combines the expertise of state representatives and scientists from the Chesapeake Bay region with federal fisheries scientists from the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northeast and Southeast Fisheries Science Centers. This committee has met each year since 1997 to review the results of annual Chesapeake Bay blue crab surveys and harvest data, and to develop management advice for Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions: the state of Maryland, Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Potomac River Fisheries Commission (PRFC).

Projects and Resources

2021 CBSAC Charter

Updated charter for the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC). Finalized December 2021 and approved by the SFGIT Executive Committee February 2022.

Blue Crab Harvest Reporting Efforts

Document providing an overview of current efforts enlisted by management jurisdictions to collect blue crab harvest information and challenges to improving reporting accuracy. Created December 2021.

Publications

2023 Blue Crab Advisory Report

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee that summarizes the results of the Winter Dredge Survey and harvest information, and provides management advice for the jurisdictions based on stock status.

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2022 Blue Crab Science Workshop Report

This report summarizes discussions held at the Blue Crab Science Workshop in September 2022. Workshop discussions were focused on blue crab population drivers and stock assessment modeling to better understand the recent population declines and to prepare for the upcoming benchmark stock assessment.

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2022 Blue Crab Advisory Report

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee that summarizes the results of the Winter Dredge Survey and harvest information, and provides management advice for the jurisdictions based on stock status.

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Watershed Agreement

Sustainable Fisheries Goal

Members

Pat Geer (Chair), Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Address:
380 Fenwick Rd
Hampton, Virginia 23651

Email:  pat.geer@mrc.virginia.gov
Phone:  757-247-2200
Bailey Robertory (Coordinator), Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Address:
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  bailey.robertory@noaa.gov
Phone:  ‪(240) 628-4590‬
Bruce Vogt (Staffer), Ecosystem Science Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Address:
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  Bruce.Vogt@noaa.gov
Phone:  (410) 267-5655
Bailey Robertory (Staffer), Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Address:
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  bailey.robertory@noaa.gov
Phone:  ‪(240) 628-4590‬
Ellen Cosby, Potomac River Fisheries Commission
Address:
TBD
TBD, Maryland TBD

Email:  ellen.prfc@verizon.net
Glenn Davis, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  gdavis@dnr.state.md.us
Phone:  (410) 643-4601
Daniel Hennen, National Marine Fisheries Service
Address:
TBA
TBA, Massachusetts TBA

Email:  Daniel.Hennen@noaa.gov
Phone:  (508) 495-2000
Eric Johnson, University of Northern Florida
Address:
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, Florida 32224

Email:  e.johnson.147778@unf.edu
Rom Lipcius, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Address:
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, PO Box 1348
Andrews Hall 427
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062

Email:  rom@vims.edu
Phone:  (804) 684-7330
Genine McClair, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  genine.mcclair@maryland.gov
Thomas Miller, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL)
Address:
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
P.O. Box 38
Solomons, Maryland 20688

Email:  miller@umces.edu
Phone:  (410) 326-7276
Amy Schueller, National Marine Fisheries Service
Address:
101 Pivers Island Road
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516

Email:  Amy.Schueller@noaa.gov
Phone:  (252) 838-0815
Michael Seebo, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Address:
Post Office Box 1346
1375 Greate Road
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062

Email:  mseebo@vims.edu
Phone:  (804) 684-7641
Alexei Sharov, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:
Tawes State Office Building B2
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  ASHAROV@dnr.state.md.us
Phone:  (410) 260-8288
Michael Wilberg, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL)
Address:
P.O. Box 38
Solomons, Maryland 20688

Email:  wilberg@umces.edu