Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1)

Sustainable Fisheries GIT Biannual Meetings

• GIT Summary June2022 Final (pdf - 1.289 MB)
• GIT Summary Winter2022 Final docx 1 (pdf - 2.02 MB)
• Summer2021 GIT Summary FINAL (pdf - 1.485 MB)
• GIT Summary Winter2021 Final 2 11 21 (pdf - 1.235 MB)
• Spring2020 gitnewsletter final (pdf - 1.352 MB)
• January 2020 git meeting summary final 2 (pdf - 3.016 MB)
• Sustainable fisheries git meeting decisions record 2 (pdf - 59.642 KB)
• June 2019 meeting summary final (pdf - 1.545 MB)

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) (pdf - 332.71 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).pdf (pdf - 146.764 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.

• Attachment C: Oyster Restoration Success Metrics (pdf - 545.591 KB)