Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee
Upcoming Meetings
No upcoming meetings.
Scope and Purpose
The Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) combines the expertise of state representatives and scientists from the Chesapeake Bay region with federal fisheries scientists from the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northeast and Southeast Fisheries Science Centers. This committee has met each year since 1997 to review the results of annual Chesapeake Bay blue crab surveys and harvest data, and to develop management advice for Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions: the state of Maryland, Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Potomac River Fisheries Commission (PRFC).
Projects and Resources
CBSAC Membership Application
Blue Crab Harvest Reporting Efforts
2024 Chesapeake Stock Assessment Committee Charter
Included is a framework that identifies the roles and responsibilities of the CBSAC and its individual members, as well as guidance for formal Committee procedures such as adding new members and making science-based management recommendations. The framework in this charter also provides mechanisms to expand the traditional role of CBSAC to include other key species apart from blue crab and to support ecosystem-based approaches to resource management in the Chesapeake Bay.
Publications
2024 Blue Crab Advisory Report
Published on June 27, 2024This report summarizes the results of the 2022 and 2023 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, conducted from December to March by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). This report estimates the abundance of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. The information in this report is used to assess blue crab stock status relative to female-specific management reference points. The results of this report will be reviewed by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) in spring to develop management recommendations for the jurisdictions.
View details2023 Blue Crab Advisory Report
Published on June 27, 2023 in ReportAnnual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee that summarizes the results of the Winter Dredge Survey and harvest information, and provides management advice for the jurisdictions based on stock status.
View detailsWatershed Agreement
Sustainable Fisheries Goal
Members
Christina Garvey (Coordinator), Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Christina Garvey (Staffer), Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Glenn Davis, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: gdavis@dnr.state.md.us
Phone: (410) 643-4601
Daniel Hennen, National Marine Fisheries Service
Eric Johnson, University of Northern Florida
Rom Lipcius, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, PO Box 1348
Andrews Hall 427
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
Email: rom@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7330
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
Amy Schueller, National Marine Fisheries Service
101 Pivers Island Road
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
Email: Amy.Schueller@noaa.gov
Phone: (252) 838-0815
Michael Seebo, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Post Office Box 1346
1375 Greate Road
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
Email: mseebo@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7641
Alexei Sharov, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Tawes State Office Building B2
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: ASHAROV@dnr.state.md.us
Phone: (410) 260-8288
Michael Wilberg, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL)
Mandy Bromilow, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: mandy.bromilow@maryland.gov
Phone: (410) 267-5667