Marine biologist blue catfish that he's caught.
Marine biologist from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries holds a blue catfish. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program)

Upcoming Meetings

No upcoming meetings.

Scope and Purpose

The charge of the Invasive Catfish Workgroup is to coordinate activities and recommend actions to implement the five policy objectives outlined in the Invasive Catfish Policy Adoption Statement, signed and adopted by the Fisheries GIT Executive committee on January 24th, 2012. The Workgroup emphasizes bay-wide communication among jurisdictions and engagement of a broad group of members representing the commercial and recreational fishery, seafood processing industry, state agencies and the science community.

The Invasive Catfish Workgroup is responsible for coordinating the best available science and developing methods to evaluate the impacts of invasive catfish species on the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. The role of the Invasive Catfish Workgroup will be to regularly report out on current knowledge of the issue and incorporate all available information on blue and flathead catfish to inform a management strategy for handling these invasive species across all jurisdictions.

Publications

Members

Bruce Vogt (Chair), Ecosystem Science Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Address:
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  Bruce.Vogt@noaa.gov
Phone:  (410) 267-5655
Alexa Galvan, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Address:
380 Fenwick Rd, Bldg 96
Fort Monroe, Virginia 23651

Email:  alexa.galvan@mrc.virginia.gov
Branson Williams, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:


Email:  branson.williams@maryland.gov
Cathy Liu, Maryland Sea Grant
Address:
7998 Regents Drive
College Park, Maryland 20742

Email:  cathyliu@umd.edu
Chris Ottinger, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:


Email:  cottinger@usgs.gov
Christine Densmore, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:
11649 Leetown Road
Kearneysville, West Virginia 25430

Email:  cdensmore@usgs.gov
Clint Morgeson, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Address:
7870 Villa Park Drive
Henrico, Virginia 23228

Email:  clinton.morgeson@dgif.virginia.gov
Corbin Hilling, Virginia Tech
Address:
310 West Campus Drive
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

Email:  chilling@vt.edu
Daniel Ryan, DC Division of Fish and Wildlife
Address:
District Department of the Environment
1200 First Street NE
Washington DC, District of Columbia 20002

Email:  daniel.ryan@dc.gov
Geoffrey Smith, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
Address:
TBD
TBD, Pennsylvania TBD

Email:  geofsmith@pa.gov
George O'Donnell, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:


Email:  george.odonnell@maryland.gov
Greg Garman, Virginia Commonwealth University
Address:
P.O. Box 842030
Richmond, Virginia 23284-2030

Email:  ggarman@vcu.edu
Phone:  (804) 828-1562
Heather Walsh, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:


Email:  hwalsh@usgs.gov
Ingrid Braun, Potomac River Fisheries Commission
Address:


Email:  ingrid.prfc@gmail.com
Jorge Holzer Bilbao, Maryland Sea Grant
Address:
University of Maryland
2116B Symons Hall
College Park, Maryland 20742

Email:  jholzer@arec.umd.edu
Joseph Capella, Pamunkey Tribe
Address:


Email:  joseph.capella@pamunkey.org
Josh Saks, Pamunkey Tribe
Address:


Email:  josh.saks@pamunkey.org
Margaret Whitmore, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Mary Fabrizio, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Address:
PO Box 1346
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062

Email:  mfabrizio@vims.edu
Mary Groves, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:
DNR Inland Fisheries
Rt 4, Box 106E
Brandywine, Maryland 20613

Email:  mgroves@dnr.state.md.us
Matthew Ogburn, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
Address:
647 Contees Wharf Road
Edgewater, Maryland 21037

Email:  ogburnm@si.edu
Mike Bednarski, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Address:
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
P.O. Box 90778
Henrico, Virginia 23228

Email:  Mike.Bednarski@dgif.virginia.gov
Phone:  (804) 367-6878
Michael Steiger, Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife
Address:


Email:  Michael.Steiger@delaware.gov
Noah Bressman, Salisbury University
Address:


Email:  nrbressman@salisbury.edu
Pat Geer, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Address:
380 Fenwick Rd
Hampton, Virginia 23651

Email:  pat.geer@mrc.virginia.gov
Phone:  757-247-2200
Tom Ihde, Morgan State University Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory
Address:
10545 Mackall Road
Saint Leonard, Maryland 20685

Email:  thomas.ihde@morgan.edu
Thomas O'Connell, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:
11649 Leetown Road
Kearneysville, West Virginia 25430

Email:  toconnell@usgs.gov
Phone:  (304) 724-4401
Troy Tuckey, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Address:
1370 Greate Road
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062

Email:  tuckey@vims.edu
Yan Jiao, Virginia Tech
Address:
110 Cheatham Hall
310 W Campus Dr
Blacksburg, Virginia 24060

Email:  yjiao@vt.edu
Beth Brewster, Charles County Public Schools
Address:


Email:  brewster.amanda@ccpsstaff.org
Brenda Stahl, Profish
Address:


Email:  bstahl@profish.com
Chris Rubino, JJ McDonnell
Address:


Email:  crubino@jjmcdonnell.com
Chris Sopko, Sea Farms INC
Address:


Email:  chrissopko@seafarmsinc.net
Dan Zimmer
Address:


Email:  dan@ihsanfarms.com
George Trice
Address:


Email:  thetricecrew@gmail.com
Gregory Casten
Address:


Email:  greg@profish.com
JC Hudgins
Address:


Email:  jc41willys@yahoo.com
Matthew Scales, Maryland Department of Agriculture
Address:


Email:  matthew.scales1@maryland.gov
Meade Amory, Amory Seafood
Address:
101 S King Street
Hampton, Virginia 23669

Email:  meade@amoryseafood.com
Mike Hutt, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Address:
3530 Mayland Court
Richmond, Virginia 23233

Email:  Mike.Hutt@vdacs.virginia.gov
Mitchell Bode, JJ McDonnell
Address:


Email:  mbode@jjmcdonnell.com
Roxanne Wolf, Shore Gourmet
Address:


Email:  roxanne.shogo@gmail.com
Stephanie Pazzaglia, JJ McDonnell
Address:


Email:  spazzaglia@jjmcdonnell.com
Adrienne Kotula, Chesapeake Bay Commission
Address:
60 West Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  Akotula@chesbay.us
Allison Colden, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Address:
6 Herndon Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21403

Email:  acolden@cbf.org
Chris Moore, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Address:
3663 Marlin Bay Drive
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454

Email:  cmoore@cbf.org
Phone:  (757) 622-1964
Sarah Schenning
Christian Moore
Address:


Email:  reelcountrygs@gmail.com
Mike Ostrander
Address:
7239 Lookout Drive
Richmond, Virginia 23225

Email:  mike@discoverthejames.com
Trey Thrope
Address:


Email:  FishinwithFatt@gmail.com
David Sikorski, Coastal Conservation Association
Address:
PO Box 309
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  davidsikorski@mac.com
John Page Williams
Address:


Email:  johnpagewilliams@gmail.com
Tiffany Risch
Address:


Email:  Snookiefishing@gmail.com