Upcoming Meetings

Scope and Purpose

The Maryland and Virginia Oyster Restoration Interagency Teams are responsible for identifying tributaries for large-scale oyster restoration and developing Oyster Restoration Tributary Plans for each waterway, in consultation with partners and scientists. Workgroup members include representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore and Norfolk districts, the Oyster Recovery Partnership, state agencies (including the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission), local organizations and consulting scientists. These teams are focused on planning restoration and monitoring in the tributaries that have been selected so far for tributary restoration: Harris Creek, Tred Avon, Little Choptank, and St. Marys River in Maryland; Lafayette, Lynnhaven, Piankantank, Great Wicomico, and Lower York River in Virginia.

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Watershed Agreement

Sustainable Fisheries Goal

Members

Stephanie Westby (Chair), NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
Address:
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
410 Severn Avenue, Suite 107A
Annapolis, maryland 21403

Email:  stephanie.westby@noaa.gov
Andrew Larkin (Chair), NOAA at Nauticus Project Coordinator [National Marine Fisheries Service], NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
Address:
1 Waterside Drive
Norfolk, virginia 23510

Email:  Andrew.W.Larkin@noaa.gov
Phone:  (757) 627-3823