The Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT) is composed of the state fisheries managers from around the Bay and chaired by the director of the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office. The Sustainable Fisheries GIT draws together a diverse group of managers and scientists to improve management and recovery of oysters, blue crab, menhaden, striped bass and alosines. It focuses on advancing ecosystem-based fisheries management by using science to make informed fishery management decisions that cross state boundaries.
Through this approach the Sustainable Fisheries GIT is focused on ecosystem-based fisheries management that encourages sustainable Chesapeake Bay fish populations, which support viable recreational and commercial fisheries, and provides for natural ecosystem function. Institutions represented on the Sustainable Fisheries GIT include the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, Maryland Sea Grant, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Potomac River Fisheries Commission, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and District of Columbia Division of Fish and Wildlife.
These members form an Executive Committee that meet once a month. Membership is currently being expanded to achieve broader representation for the full Sustainable Fisheries GIT that will meet twice a year.
June 17, 2013
to June 18, 2013
8:00am - 5:00pm
Full Fisheries GIT Meeting
July 15, 2013
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Fisheries GIT Executive Committee Meeting
July 15, 2013
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Fisheries GIT Executive Committee Meeting
August 19, 2013
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Fisheries GIT Executive Committee Meeting
The Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Executive Committee has concluded that the potential risk posed by blue catfish and flathead catfish on native species warrants action to examine potential measures to reduce densities and limit range expansion, and to evaluate possible negative ecological impacts.
Executive Order 13508 Strategy for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed established a goal of restoring oyster populations in 20 tributaries of Chesapeake Bay by 2025, further adding to the need to develop clear restoration goals, quantitative metrics and assessment protocols. This document represents an effort by state and federal agencies directly involved in oyster restoration in the Bay to develop clear and consistent objectives, definitions, sampling protocols and assessment techniques pursuant to achieving this goal and evaluating success.
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Publication date: January 23, 2012 | Type of document: Invasive SpeciesAdoption Statement | Download: Electronic Version
The Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Executive Committee has concluded that the potential risk posed by blue catfish and flathead catfish on native species warrants action to examine potential measures to reduce densities...
