Invasive Catfish Workgroup Meeting - May 2025
This meeting is open to the public. It may be recorded for internal use only.
Date and Time
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
Purpose
This is the biannual meeting of the Invasive Catfish Workgroup
Location
Video ConferenceThis is a hybrid meeting.
In-person location: 200 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401 (Meeting Room 108)
Video Link: https://umces.webex.com/umces/j.php?MTID=m335c69224770493eb6ffc0885929434a
Meeting number: 2866 290 5144
Password: P3urjvkZ4m3
Join by phone: +1-408-418-9388 United States Toll
Access code: 2866 290 5144
Related Files
Meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
Agenda
Presentations
- ICW Introduction Slides 05 27 2025 [PDF, 1.1 MB]
- ICW Policy Small Group Updates 05 27 2025 [PDF, 68.3 KB]
- ICW Commercial Fishing, Procession, & Marketing Small Group Updates 05 27 2025 [PDF, 2.1 MB]
- VA Updates ICW Meeting 05 27 2025 [PDF, 1.1 MB]
- MD Updates ICW Meeting 05 27 2025 [PDF, 3.2 MB]
- PA Updates ICW Meeting 05 27 2025 [PDF, 1.9 MB]
- PRFC Updates ICW Meeting 05 27 2025 [PDF, 984.3 KB]
- Bay to Table Expanding the Commercial Fishery for Invasive Blue Catfish [PDF, 1.8 MB]
- Co produced Research to Control Invasive Blue Catfish in Chesapeake Bay [PDF, 1.7 MB]
- Design of population monitoring and modeling to evaluate potential management actions for invasive blue catfish in MD [PDF, 3.1 MB]
- Multidisciplinary research update for Flathead Catfish in the Susquehanna River Basin [PDF, 2.6 MB]
- Unlocking Connections Using Social Science to Meet Fishing Community Needs [PDF, 16.5 MB]
- Updates on Blue Catfish Health Assessments from the Patuxent River [PDF, 1.3 MB]
- Trophic Ecology and Diet of Blue Catfish in the Nanticoke River Presentation [PDF, 4.4 MB]
- Management Strategy Evaluation to Assess Trade offs Associated with Invasive Blue Catfish Fisheries and Predation Impacts Presentation [PDF, 4.1 MB]
- Dietary Preferences of Invasive Flathead Catfish within the District of Columbia Presentation [PDF, 702.2 KB]
- Project update Blue catfish movement in the tidal James River [PDF, 1.6 MB]
- Recreational Angler Spending Related to the Harvest Fishery for Blue Catfish [PDF, 1.1 MB]
- ICW Final Discussion Slides 05 27 2025 [PDF, 176.9 KB]
Supporting Documents
- Invasive Blue Catfish in the Chesapeake Bay Region: A Case Study of Competing Management Objectives [PDF, 809.4 KB]
- Invasive Catfish Management Strategy Aug 2020 final [PDF, 409.6 KB]