Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1) Publications
A Shell Budget for the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Resource
Final report for a GIT-funded study examining the shell budget for oyster restoration in Chesapeake Bay.
View details2020 Invasive Catfish Management Strategy
This management strategy outlines approaches for achieving the invasive catfish outcome and will inform fishery management plans for invasive catfishes throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
View details2020 Oyster Gear Efficiency Study Final Report
Final report for a GIT-funded study evaluating hydraulic patent tong efficiency to estimate oyster density on restored oyster reefs conducted by the Oyster Recovery Partnership and the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.
View detailsCBSAC 2020 Blue Crab Advisory Report
Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.
View detailsFactors Influencing the Headwaters, Nontidal, Tidal, and Mainstem Fish Habitat Function
Final report from the STAC workshop held April 25-26, 2018 in Richmond, VA. The workshop’s objective was to identify the necessary information and analytical approaches needed to assess the condition and vulnerability of fish habitat in the Watershed.
View detailsUpdated 2014 Invasive Catfish Task Force Report
The purpose of this report is to offer recommendations to address the expansion of invasive catfish populations and their impacts on living resources in the Chesapeake Bay. The report provides decision-makers an overview of the invasion and recommendations necessary to develop coordinated management strategies for the blue and flathead catfish invasion within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
View detailsInvasive Catfish in the Chesapeake Bay
An Invasive Catfish Symposium was held on November 6-7, 2017, at the VCU Rice Rivers Center. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together fishery managers, scientists, and interested stakeholders to discuss the latest science on invasive catfish and progress made on previous recommendations from the Invasive Catfishes Task Force.
View detailsCBSAC 2018 Blue Crab Advisory Report
Published in ReportAnnual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.
View details2017 Technical Addendum Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chla
Published on November 28, 2017A total of seven addendum documents have been published by EPA since April 2003. Four addenda were published documenting detailed refinements to the criteria attainment and assessment procedures (U.S. EPA 2004a, 2007a, 2008, 2010) previously published in the original April 2003 Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria document (U.S. EPA 2003a). One addendum published Chesapeake Bay numerical chlorophyll a criteria (U.S. EPA 2007b). Three addenda addressed detailed issues involving further delineation of tidal water designated uses (U.S. EPA 2004b, 2005, 2010) building from the original October 2003 tidal water designated uses document (U.S. EPA 2003b). Finally, one addendum documented the 92-segment Chesapeake Bay segmentation scheme (U.S. EPA 2008) after refinements to the Chesapeake Bay Program analytical segmentation schemes were documented (U.S. EPA 2005) building from the original U.S. EPA 2004 document (U.S. EPA 2004b). This 2017 addendum is the eight addendum document developed through the Partnership and published by EPA.
View detailsSustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Fall 2017 Newsletter
Biannual newsletter of the Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team, which serves as an update on Fisheries GIT accomplishments and activities between biannual meetings.
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