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.
Meetings
No upcoming meetings.
Fish GIT Final Outcome Language Office Hours - April 2025
Sustainable Fisheries GIT Spring 2025 Meeting - Day 2
Sustainable Fisheries GIT Spring 2025 Meeting - Day 1
About
The Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT) is composed of state fisheries managers from around the Chesapeake Bay and chaired by the director of the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office. The 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 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.
Charter
The Sustainable Fisheries GIT Charter, updated in June 2015, details the GIT's mission, purpose and organizational structure.
Meeting Summaries
The following documents include summaries and supplemental materials from previous biannual meetings.
- Summer 2022 Meeting Summary
- Winter 2022 Meeting Summary
- Summer 2021 Meeting Summary
- Winter 2021 Meeting Summary
- 2018-2020 Executive Committee Decisions
- Spring 2020 Newsletter
- Winter 2020 Meeting Summary
- Summer 2019 Meeting Summary
- Fall 2017 Newsletter
- Spring 2017 Newsletter
- Fall 2016 Newsletter
- Spring 2016 Newsletter
- Summer 2015 Meeting Summary
- Summer 2014 Meeting Summary
- Winter 2013 Meeting Summary
- Summer 2013 Meeting Summary
Publications
Pilot Framework for Fish Habitat Assessments Across Tidal and Non-Tidal Waters in the Patuxent River Basin
Publication date:This report presents methods for a pilot assessment of the condition of fish habitats in both the estuarine and inland portions of Chesapeake Bay rivers.
2024 Blue Crab Advisory Report
Publication date:The results of the 2022 and 2023 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey.
View document [PDF, 981.2 KB] 2024 Blue Crab Advisory Report
2023 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Update
Publication date:This report summarizes progress made in 2023 toward the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement’s "Ten Tributaries by 2025" Oyster Outcome.
View document [PDF, 3.4 MB] 2023 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Update
Forage Status and Trends Report for the Chesapeake Bay
Publication date:This report is a culmination of close to a decade of research to assess whether the status of forage species found in the Chesapeake Bay can support key predator populations.
View document [PDF, 14.1 MB] Forage Status and Trends Report for the Chesapeake Bay
2022 and 2023 Maryland Oyster Monitoring Report
Publication date:This report provides an analysis of Maryland's 2022 and 2023 oyster restoration success.
View document [PDF, 6.1 MB] 2022 and 2023 Maryland Oyster Monitoring Report
Our Watershed Agreement Goals & Outcomes
Sustainable Fisheries Goal
Our Workgroups & Action Teams
Our Members
- Bruce Vogt (Chair)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bruce.Vogt@noaa.gov - Ronald Owens (Vice Chair)
Potomac River Fisheries Commission ron.prfc@gmail.com - Bruce Vogt (Coordinator)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bruce.Vogt@noaa.gov - Christina Garvey (Staffer)
Chesapeake Research Consortium christina.garvey@noaa.gov - Bob Beal
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission rbeal@asmfc.org - Mike Bednarski
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources mike.bednarski@dwr.virginia.gov - Jorge Holzer Bilbao
Maryland Sea Grant jholzer@umd.edu - Donna Bilkovic
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) donnab@vims.edu - Ingrid Braun-Ricks
Potomac River Fisheries Commission ingrid.braun-ricks@prfc.us - Andrew Button
Virginia Marine Resources Commission andrew.button@mrc.virginia.gov - Patrick Campfield
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission PCampfield@asmfc.org - Olivia Caretti
Oyster Recovery Partnership ocaretti@oysterrecovery.org - Rese Cloyd
District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) rese.cloyd@dc.gov - Allison Colden
Chesapeake Bay Foundation acolden@cbf.org - Mary Fabrizio
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) mfabrizio@vims.edu - Lynn Fegley
Maryland Department of Natural Resources lfegley@dnr.state.md.us - Marjy Friedrichs
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) marjy@vims.edu - Alexa Galvan
Virginia Marine Resources Commission alexa.galvan@mrc.virginia.gov - Pat Geer
Virginia Marine Resources Commission pat.geer@mrc.virginia.gov - Michelle Hamor
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) michelle.l.hamor@usace.army.mil - Jaclyn Higgins
jhiggins@trcp.org - Peter Himchak
Omega Protein Corporation, Inc. peter.himchak@cookeaqua.com - Mike Hutt
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Mike.Hutt@vdacs.virginia.gov - Tom Ihde
Morgan State University Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory thomas.ihde@morgan.edu - Yan Jiao
Virginia Tech yjiao@vt.edu - Adrienne Kotula
Chesapeake Bay Commission Akotula@chesbay.us - Jay Lazar
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office jay.lazar@noaa.gov - Chengchu Catherine Liu
Maryland Sea Grant cathyliu@umd.edu - Keith Lockwood
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Keith.B.Lockwood@usace.army.mil - Chris Moore
Chesapeake Bay Foundation cmoore@cbf.org - Clint Morgeson
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources clinton.morgeson@dwr.virginia.gov - Thomas O'Connell
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) toconnell@usgs.gov - Matthew Ogburn
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) ogburnm@si.edu - Kenny Rose
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science krose@umces.edu - Daniel Ryan
DC Division of Fish and Wildlife daniel.ryan@dc.gov - Kevin Schabow
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Kevin.Schabow@noaa.gov - David Secor
UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) secor@umces.edu - David Sikorski
Coastal Conservation Association davidsikorski@mac.com - Kinsey Tedford
Oyster Recovery Partnership ktedford@oysterrecovery.org - Jim Uphoff
Maryland Department of Natural Resources jim.uphoff@maryland.gov - John Page Williams
johnpagewilliams@gmail.com - John Young
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) jyoung@usgs.gov - Michael Wilberg
UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) wilberg@umces.edu - Adam Kenyon
Virginia Marine Resources Commission Adam.Kenyon@mrc.virginia.gov - Adrienne Kotula
Chesapeake Bay Commission akotula@chesbay.us - Alex Kiser
akiser@usgs.gov - Alexandra Fries
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science afries@umces.edu - Alexei Sharov
Maryland Department of Natural Resources alexei.sharov@maryland.gov - Alexis Park
Maryland Department of Natural Resources alexis.park@maryland.gov - Amy Schueller
National Marine Fisheries Service Amy.Schueller@noaa.gov - Andrea Ostreff
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) aostroff@usgs.gov - Angela Sowers
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Baltimore District angela.sowers@usace.army.mil - Ann Simonetti
Borough of Marysville (PA) asimonetti@comcast.net - Ann Watts
ann.watts@maryland.gov - Beth McGee
Chesapeake Bay Foundation bmcgee@cbf.org - Brent James
Lynnhaven River NOW brent@lrnow.org - Brooke Lowman
Virginia Marine Resources Commission brooke.lowman@mrc.virginia.gov - Carrie Hoover
Maryland Department of Natural Resources carrie.hoover@maryland.gov - Chris Jones
George Mason University christopherm.jones@maryland.gov - Chris Judy
Maryland Department of Natural Resources chris.judy@maryland.gov - Chris Ludford
Pleasure House Oysters ludfordbros@gmail.com - Daniel Hennen
National Marine Fisheries Service Daniel.Hennen@noaa.gov - David Bruce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) david.bruce@noaa.gov - David O'Brien
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) David.L.O'Brien@noaa.gov - Ed Houde
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science ehoude@umces.edu - Edna Stetzar
Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife edna.stetzar@delaware.gov - Gabrielle Saluta
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) gsaluta@vims.edu - Geoffrey Smith
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission geofsmith@pa.gov - Gina Hunt
Maryland Department of Natural Resources gina.hunt@maryland.gov - Glenn Davis
Maryland Department of Natural Resources glenn.davis@maryland.gov - Hannah Nisonson
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hannah.nisonson@noaa.gov - Heather Lockwood
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Heather.Lockwood@usace.army.mil - Henry Legett
Salisbury University LegettH@si.edu - Jackie Shannon
Chesapeake Bay Foundation jshannon@cbf.org - Jeff Flood
jefferson.flood@deq.virginia.gov - Jeffrey Horne
jeffrey.horne@maryland.gov - Jennica Moffat
Oyster Recovery Partnership jmoffat@oysterrecovery.org - Jessica Coakley
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council jcoakley@mafmc.org - Jim Gartlan
jgartlan@vims.edu - Joe Bieberich
Joseph.C.Bieberich@usace.army.mil - Joe Grist
Virginia Marine Resources Commission joseph.grist@mrc.virginia.gov - Joe Rieger
Elizabeth River Project jrieger@elizabethriver.org - Joseph Capella
Pamunkey Tribe joseph.capella@pamunkey.org - Julie Luecke
Chesapeake Bay Foundation jluecke@cbf.org - Kelly Maloney
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) kmaloney@usgs.gov - Kerry Kennedy
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) kerry.m.kennedy@usace.army.mil - Kimberly Koelsch
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Kimberly.C.Koelsch@usace.army.mil - Kirby Rootes-Murdy
krootes-murdy@usgs.gov - Kirk Havens
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) kirk@vims.edu - Kirsten Travis
Kirsten.Travis@mrc.virginia.gov - Laurinda Serafin
Maryland Department of Natural Resources laurinda.serafin@maryland.gov - Louis Plough
UMCES Horn Point Laboratory lplough@umces.edu - Mandy Bromilow
Maryland Department of Natural Resources mandy.bromilow@maryland.gov - Marek Topolski
Maryland Department of Natural Resources marek.topolski@maryland.gov - Mark Luckenbach
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) luck@vims.edu - Michael Seebo
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) mseebo@vims.edu - Nina Santos
nsantos@umces.edu - Peter Tango
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ptango@chesapeakebay.net - Rochelle Seitz
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) seitz@vims.edu - Rom Lipcius
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) rom@vims.edu - Ronald Owens
Potomac River Fisheries Commission ron.prfc@gmail.com - Russell Burke
Christopher Newport University russell.burke@cnu.edu - Ryan Woodland
UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) woodland@umces.edu - Sarah Greenberg
Oyster Recovery Partnership sgreenberg@oysterrecovery.org - Scott Newlin
Scott.Newlin@delaware.gov - Sean Corson
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office sean.corson@noaa.gov - Shannon Moorhead
shannon.moorhead@maryland.gov - Shannon Smith
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) scsmith@vims.edu - Shellie Spencer
shellie.spencer@dc.gov - Stephanie Westby
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office stephanie.westby@noaa.gov - Tarig Omer
City of Virginia Beach (VA) tomer@vbgov.com - Thomas Olexa
U.S. Department of the Navy thomas.olexa@navy.mil - Todd Janeski
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation tvjaneski@vcu.edu - Thomas Miller
UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) miller@umces.edu - Tom Powers
Virginia Blue Crab Management Advisory Committee powers@jlab.org - Troy Tuckey
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) tuckey@vims.edu - Ward Slacum, Jr.
Oyster Recovery Partnership wslacum@oysterrecovery.org - Wendy Stuart
Wide Net Project wendy@widenetproject.org - Zachary Greenberg
Pew Charitable Trusts zgreenberg@pewtrusts.org