Past Projects and Resources

Sustainable Fisheries GIT Biannual Meeting

• Spring2020 gitnewsletter final (1.29 MB)
• January 2020 git meeting summary final (2.88 MB)
• June 2019 meeting summary final (1.47 MB)
• Sustainable fisheries git meeting decisions record (58.24 KB)

Sustainable Fisheries GIT Charter (June 2015)

The Sustainable Fisheries GIT Charter details the GIT's mission and purpose, and organizational structure of the team. 

• Fisheries goal team charter 06-15-2015 (no appendix) (324.91 KB)

Invasive Catfish Policy Adoption Statement

The Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Executive Committee has concluded that the potential risk posed by blue catfish and flathead catfish on native species warrants action to examine potential measures to reduce densities and limit range expansion, and to evaluate possible negative ecological impacts.

• Final_Catfish_Policy_GIT 1-24-12 (with signatures) (143.32 KB)

Oyster Restoration Success Metrics

Executive Order 13508 Strategy for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed established a goal of restoring oyster populations in 20 tributaries of Chesapeake Bay by 2025, further adding to the need to develop clear restoration goals, quantitative metrics and assessment protocols. This document represents an effort by state and federal agencies directly involved in oyster restoration in the Bay to develop clear and consistent objectives, definitions, sampling protocols and assessment techniques pursuant to achieving this goal and evaluating success.

• Oyster Restoration Success Metrics Final.pdf (532.8 KB)