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Kingfish and Spanish Mackerel Fishery Management Plan
Publication date: 11/11/2001 | Type of document: Management Plan
Summarizes the Kingfish (Scomberomorous cavalla) and Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorous maculatus) Fishery Management Plan and provides a synopsis of the problems facing the species.
Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan
Publication date: 5/1/1998 | Type of document: Management Plan
Incorporates new information from the first Baywide stock assessment and recommends additional management strategies. Plan recommendations to protect the health of the blue crab stock which has the highest monetary value of any Bay commercial fishery
Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan (Report)
Publication date: 6/1/1997 | Type of document: Management Plan
The 1997 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan incorporates new information and management strategies into the 1989 fishery management plan.
Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan
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Publication date: 1/1/1996 | Type of document: Management Plan
Stock assessment results indicate that black sea bass are overharvested. The goal of the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast Black Sea Fishery Management Plan (FMP) is to
Chesapeake Bay & Atlantic Coast Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan
Publication date: 12/1/1994 | Type of document: Management Plan
The goal of the Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan is to protect the horseshoe crab resource in the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast to ensure its continued role in the ecology of coastal ecosystems, while providing the opportunity for commercial, recreational and medical usage over time.
Oyster Fishery Management Plan (1994)
Publication date: 1/1/1994 | Type of document: Management Plan
The goal of the 1994 Oyster Fishery Management Plan is to enhance the production of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem by restoring habitat, controlling fishing mortality, promoting aquaculture and continuing the repletion programs.
Red Drum Fishery Management Plan
Publication date: 1/1/1994 | Type of document: Management Plan
This fact sheet provides a summary of the life history, stock status, problem areas, and proposed management strategies described in the Chesapeake Bay Red Drum Management Plan. For greater detail, consult the complete management plan.
American Eel Fishery Management Plan-1993
Publication date: 1/1/1993 | Type of document: Management Plan
The goal of the Chesapeake Bay Eel Management Plan is to manage the American eel harvest in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries so that harvest does not exceed the reproductive capacity of the population to maintain its size from year to year.
Red Drum Management Plan
Publication date: 1/1/1993 | Type of document: Management Plan
The goal of the Chesapeake Bay Red Drum Management Plan is to enhance and perpetuate red drum stocks in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and throughout their Atlantic coast range, so as to generate optimum long-term ecological, social and economic benefits from their commercial and recreational harvest and utilization over time.
Atlantic Croaker & Spot Fishery Management Plan
Publication date: 12/1/1991 | Type of document: Management Plan
Under the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, signed by Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, DC, the U.S. EPA and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, Atlantic croaker and spot fish were selected as important species and a fishery management plan (FMP) was scheduled for completion by December 1991. Fact sheet includes: Atlantic croaker and spot historical background; goals and objectives of the FMP; and stock status, habitat, research and monitoring needs, and water quality, as well as strategies and actions that apply to these issues.
Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan
Publication date: 12/1/1991 | Type of document: Management Plan
Flounder fish generates a higher dollar value in the Chesapeake Bay watershed each year than any other finfish. This fact sheet provides a summary of problem areas and proposed management strategies described in the Chesapeake Bay Summer Flounder Management Plan.
American Eel Fishery Management Plan
Publication date: 1/1/1991 | Type of document: Management Plan
Fact Sheet: In 1987, signatories from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, the U.S. EPA, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission pledged to initiate management plans for commercially, recreationally, and ecologically valuable species. The American eel (Anquilla rostrata) was selected as one of the important species and a fishery management plan devised for the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries so that harvest does not exceed the capacity of the population to maintain its stock size from year to year
Black Drum Fishery Management Plan-1991
Publication date: 1/1/1991 | Type of document: Management Plan
This fact sheet provides a summary of the life history, stock status, problem areas, and proposed management strategies described in the Chesapeake Bay Black Drum Management Plan. For greater detail, consult the complete management plan.
Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan
Publication date: 1/1/1991 | Type of document: Management Plan
The goal of the Chesapeake Bay Summer Flounder Management Plan is to enhance and perpetuate summer flounder stocks in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and throughout their Atlantic coast range, so as to generate optimum long-term ecological, social and economic benefits from their commercial and recreational harvest and utilization over time.
Atlantic Croaker & Spot Fishery Management Plan
Publication date: 1/1/1991 | Type of document: Management Plan
The goal of the Chesapeake Bay Atlantic Croaker and spot Management Plan is to protect the croaker and spot resource in the Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and coastal waters, while providing the greatest long-term ecological, social and economic benefits from their usage over time.
Weakfish and Spotted Seatrout Management Plan
Publication date: 12/1/1990 | Type of document: Management Plan
The goal of the Chesapeake Bay Weakfish and Spotted Seatrout Management Plan is to enhance and perpetuate weakfish and spotted seatrout stocks in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and throughout their Atlantic coast range, so as to generate optimum long-term ecological, social and economic benefits from their commercial and recreational harvest and utilization over time.
Chesapeake Bay Waterfowl Policy and Management Plan
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Publication date: 12/1/1990 | Type of document: Management Plan
This document is available electronically only. The Plan will guide the protection and restoration of native waterfowl species using the Chesapeake Bay, its tidal tributaries, and adjacent uplands. The Plan emphasizes the protection and restoration of habitats on which these species depend.
Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan 1989
Publication date: 12/1/1989 | Type of document: Management Plan
The goal of the Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass Management Plan is to enhance and perpetuate the striped bass stock in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and throughout its Atlantic coast range, to generate optimum long-term ecological, social and economic benefits.