Blue Crab Management Outcome Justification
This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Blue Crab Management Outcome and how this outcome was developed.
Description
Blue Crab Management Outcome: Manage for a stable and productive crab fishery including working with the industry, recreational crabbers and other stakeholders to improve commercial and recreational harvest accountability. By 2018, evaluate the establishment of a Bay-wide, allocation-based management framework with annual levels set by the jurisdictions for the purpose of accounting for and adjusting harvest by each jurisdiction.