Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1) Publications

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.

View document [PDF, 7.3 MB] Pilot Framework for Fish Habitat Assessments Across Tidal and Non-Tidal Waters in the Patuxent River Basin

The results of the 2022 and 2023 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey.

View document [PDF, 981.2 KB] 2024 Blue Crab Advisory Report

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

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

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

This report summarizes the 2023 Winter Dredge Survey and 2022 harvest data discussed at the May 18, 2023, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 668.2 KB] 2023 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop to discuss blue crab population drivers and stock assessment modeling to better understand recent population declines and prepare for the upcoming benchmark stock assessment.

View document [PDF, 511.3 KB] Blue Crab Population Drivers and Stock Assessment in Chesapeake Bay

DRAFT: Fisheries Impacts Synthesis

View document [PDF, 289.6 KB] DRAFT: Fisheries Impacts Synthesis

This report summarizes the 2021 Winter Dredge Survey and 2020 harvest data discussed at the May 18, 2021, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee meeting.

View document [PDF, 801.2 KB] 2021 Blue Crab Advisory Report

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

This document includes current efforts and management approaches for reducing the abundance and mitigating the spread and ecological impacts of invasive catfishes in the Chesapeake Bay.

View document [PDF] 2020 Invasive Catfish Management Strategy

This report is the result of efforts to quantify the extent of suitable habitats for four key forage fishes in the Chesapeake Bay.

View document [PDF, 4.4 MB] Forage Fish Habitat Suitability Model Report

This study, conducted by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, applies models to understand the influence of climatic, water quality, and biotic variables on estimates of key indices of blue crab recruitment for 1990‐2017. The published results can be accessed here: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0439

View document [PDF, 2.3 MB] Evaluation of Environmental Factors Influencing Blue Crab Populations

Final report for a GIT-funded study evaluating hydraulic patent tong efficiency to estimate oyster density on restored oyster reefs conducted by the Oyster Recovery Partnership and the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.

View document [PDF, 566.0 KB] 2020 Oyster Gear Efficiency Study Final Report

This report describes the results of monitoring done in 2019 and early 2020 on oyster reefs that were restored in 2013 and 2016. Reefs discussed in this report are located in Harris Creek, the Little Choptank River, and the Tred Avon River, Maryland.

View document [PDF, 10.9 MB] 2019 Maryland Oyster Monitoring Report

Final report for a GIT-funded study examining the shell budget for oyster restoration in Chesapeake Bay.

View document [PDF, 3.3 MB] A Shell Budget for the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Resource

The final report for a GIT-funded study compiling and evaluating available data for a Chesapeake Bay regional fish habitat assessment.

View document [PDF] Inventory & Evaluation of Environmental and Biological Response Data for Fish Habitat Assessment

This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop to identify the necessary information and analytical approaches needed to assess the condition and vulnerability of fish habitat in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

View document [PDF, 2.8 MB] Factors Influencing the Headwaters, Nontidal, Tidal and Mainstem Fish Habitat Function

Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

View document [PDF, 631.3 KB] CBSAC 2018 Blue Crab Advisory Report

This 2017 addendum provides previously undocumented features of the procedures for assessing attainment of the Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria as well as refinements and clarifications to the previously published Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria assessment procedures.

View document [PDF, 4.2 MB] 2017 Technical Addendum Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries