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The Chesapeake Executive Council's members agree to work together to implement the management actions recommended to address the potential for overfishing, stock assessment and research needs, and habitat degradation.

View document [PDF] Adoption Statement - Tautog Fishery Management Plan

The purpose of this Plan is to guide the development and implementation of a regional program to rebuild and restore reefs as habitat for oysters and other ecologically valuable aquatic species.

View document [PDF] Adoption Statement - Aquatic Reef Habitat Plan

The Report is meant to serve as a way to address land, growth and stewardship in the Chesapeake Bay Region. It can facilitate future and ongoing public or private actions to be taken by the Chesapeake Bay Program and other stakeholders within the Region. The Chesapeake Bay Program will continue to advance the "Priorities for Action for Land, Growth and Stewardship in the Chesapeake Bay Region" through the identification of specific actions, commitments and resources.

View document [PDF] Adoption Statement - Land, Growth, and Stewardship

The adoption statement was to implement the management strategies and actions recommended by this amendment to protect blue crab spawning potential, reduce exploitation, increase our biological understanding of blue crabs through monitoring, identify and protect blue crab habitat, and incorporate ecosystem processes.

View document [PDF] Adoption Statement - Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan, Amendment

In 1996, the Chesapeake Executive Council signed the adoption statement on Local Government Participation Action Plan dealing with several key theme areas, including: land use management, stream corridor protection, infrastructure improvements.

View document [PDF] Adoption Statement - Local Government Partnership Initiative

The 1997 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan is a guide to conserving and protecting the blue crab resource for long-term ecological, economic and social benefits

View document [PDF] Adoption Statement - Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan

This adoption statement commits the Chesapeake Bay Program to continuing efforts to rebuild and manage the native oyster in the Chesapeake Bay.

View document [PDF, 75.2 KB] Adoption Statement: 2004 Oyster Management Plan

This adoption statement supports an integrated and comprehensive approach to the conservation of riparian forests.

View document [PDF, 18.8 KB] Adoption Statement on Riparian Forest Buffers

The Chesapeake Bay Program signatory partners commit to adopting the Fish Passage Goal, as stated: "During the period 2005–2014, the Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions will complete 100 fish passage and/or dam removal projects, which will open 1,000 miles of high-quality tributary habitat to migratory and resident fishes. The Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions will require passage at all new dams or other blockages that interfere with the free passage of migratory fish within the Chesapeake Bay watershed to the fullest extent possible. Actual fish utilization and passage will be documented at all new fish passage projects and, wherever possible, these projects will be integrated within locally supported watershed management or restoration plans."

View document [PDF] Adoption Statement - Fish Passage Goals