Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1)
The Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team works to support the effective management and recovery of Chesapeake Bay species using ecosystem-based science to inform fishery management decisions that cross state boundaries.
Upcoming Meetings
Office Hours: Fish GIT Beyond 2025
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 from 11:00am - 12:00pmScope and Purpose
The Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT) is composed of state fisheries managers from around the Bay and chaired by the director of the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office. The Sustainable Fisheries GIT draws together a diverse group of managers and scientists to coordinate and facilitate improved management of blue crab and recovery of oysters, while promoting considerations of fish habitat and forage for key managed species like menhaden, striped bass and alosines. The GIT focuses on advancing ecosystem-based fisheries management by using science to make informed fishery management decisions that cross state boundaries.
Through this approach, the Sustainable Fisheries GIT plays a role in sustainable management and policy decisions for Chesapeake Bay fish populations, which support valuable recreational and commercial fisheries, and provide for natural ecosystem function.
Institutions represented on the Sustainable Fisheries GIT include state management agencies, federal agencies, non-profits and academic institutions. Core members form an Executive Committee that meet quarterly. The full GIT membership meets in-person twice per year, typically June and December.
Projects and Resources
Sustainable Fisheries GIT Biannual Meetings
Meeting summaries and supplemental materials from previous Fish GIT Bi-annual meetings
- GIT Summary June2022 Final [PDF, 1.3 MB]
- GIT Summary Winter2022 Final docx 1 [PDF, 2.0 MB]
- Summer2021 GIT Summary FINAL [PDF, 1.5 MB]
- GIT Summary Winter2021 Final 2 11 21 [PDF, 1.2 MB]
- Spring2020 gitnewsletter final [PDF, 1.4 MB]
- January 2020 git meeting summary final 2 pdf [PDF, 3.0 MB]
- Sustainable fisheries git meeting decisions record 2 [PDF, 59.6 KB]
- June 2019 meeting summary final pdf [PDF, 1.5 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.
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.
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.
Publications
Forage Status and Trends Report for the Chesapeake Bay
Published in ReportPublished by the Forage Action Team in November 2023, this report summarizes the status of different forage species found within the Chesapeake Bay. It is a culmination of research conducted from 2014 to 2023, and can be used to assess whether key predator populations have enough food. It also identifies remaining knowledge gaps and a path forward for the development of forage indicators.
View detailsWatershed Agreement
Sustainable Fisheries Goal
Members
Bruce Vogt (Chair), Ecosystem Science Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: Bruce.Vogt@noaa.gov
Phone: (240) 628-4812
Ronald Owens (Vice Chair), Potomac River Fisheries Commission
Bruce Vogt (Coordinator), Ecosystem Science Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: Bruce.Vogt@noaa.gov
Phone: (240) 628-4812
Christina Garvey (Staffer), Chesapeake Research Consortium
A.K. Leight, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Adrienne Kotula, Chesapeake Bay Commission
Alexa Galvan, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Allison Colden, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Andrew Button, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Bob Beal, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Carl Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Cathy Liu, Maryland Sea Grant
Chris Moore, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
3663 Marlin Bay Drive
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454
Email: cmoore@cbf.org
Phone: (757) 622-1964
Clint Morgeson, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Daniel Ryan, DC Division of Fish and Wildlife
District Department of the Environment
1200 First Street NE
Washington DC, District of Columbia 20002
Email: daniel.ryan@dc.gov
David Secor, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL)
David Sikorski, Coastal Conservation Association
Dong Liang, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL)
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
146 Williams Street / 0038
Solomons, Maryland 20688
Email: dliang@umces.edu
Donna Bilkovic, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Ingrid Braun, Potomac River Fisheries Commission
Jaclyn Higgins
Jay Lazar, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
Jim Uphoff, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
904 South Morris St
Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
Oxford, Maryland 21654
Email: jim.uphoff@maryland.gov
Jodi Baxter, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
John Page Williams
John Young, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Jorge Holzer Bilbao, Maryland Sea Grant
University of Maryland
2116B Symons Hall
College Park, Maryland 20742
Email: jholzer@arec.umd.edu
Keith Lockwood, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Kenny Rose, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Kevin Schabow, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
200 Harry S Truman Pkwy
Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: Kevin.Schabow@noaa.gov
Phone: (443) 223-3230
Kinsey Tedford, Oyster Recovery Partnership
Lynn Fegley, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Service
Tawes State Office Building 580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: lfegley@dnr.state.md.us
Phone: (410) 260-8285
Marjy Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Mary Fabrizio, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Mary Groves, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Matthew Ogburn, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
Michael Wilberg, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL)
Michelle Hamor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Mike Bednarski, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
P.O. Box 90778
Henrico, Virginia 23228
Email: Mike.Bednarski@dgif.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 367-6878
Mike Hutt, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Olivia Caretti, Oyster Recovery Partnership
Pat Geer, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Patrick Campfield, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
1050 North Highland Street, Suite 200A-N
Arlington, Virginia 22201
Email: PCampfield@asmfc.org
Peter Himchak, Omega Protein Corporation, Inc.
Omega Protein Corporation, P.O. Box 85
Tuckerton, New Jersey 08087
Email: peter.himchak@cookeaqua.com
Phone: (609)-331-2255
Rese Cloyd, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)
1200 First St. NE,
Fifth Floor
Washington, District of Columbia 20002
Email: rese.cloyd@dc.gov
Phone: (202) 997-9607
Robert Latour, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Simen Kaalstad, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Thomas O'Connell, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
11649 Leetown Road
Kearneysville, West Virginia 25430
Email: toconnell@usgs.gov
Phone: (304) 724-4401
Thomas Miller, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL)
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
P.O. Box 38
Solomons, Maryland 20688
Email: miller@umces.edu
Phone: (410) 326-7276
Tom Ihde, Morgan State University Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory
Tom Parham, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Tawes State Office Building
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: tparham@dnr.state.md.us
Phone: (410) 260-8633