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Adam Davis

Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team GIT 1

adavis@chesapeakebay.net

410-295-3159

Background

• Started with CRC in March, 2010
• B.A. in Biology from St. Mary’s

College of Maryland

– Mostly environmental and ecological biology courses

• Summer Jobs

– Oyster Aquaculture Job (2008-2010)

• Johnny Oysterseed

(http://www.johnnyoysterseed.com/)

– Research & Development Lab Technician (2006-2008)

• Sherwin-Williams Paints

Scientific, Technical Assessment, and Reporting Partnering, Leadership & Management Maintain Healthy Watersheds Protect & Restore Water Quality Sustainable Fisheries Protect & Restore Vital Habitats Foster Chesapeake Stewardship

Goal Implementation Teams

Dennison Md UMCES Bennett USGS Tango USGS Pruzinsky CRC

Implementation Workgroups Implementation Workgroups Implementation Workgroups Implementation Workgroups Implementation Workgroups Implementation Workgroups

CBP Organizational Structure and Leadership 8-27-12

Management Board

Chair Nick DiPasquale, EPA

Scientific & Technical Advisory Committee

Chair – Chris Pyke US Green Bldg. Council

Local Government Advisory Committee

Chair – Richard Gray Mayor of Lancaster City

Citizens’ Advisory Committee

Chair – Nikki Tinsley NT Inc.

Action Teams

Social Sciences

Co- Chair – Power, EPA Co-Chair – Paolisso, UMd

Laboratory Recommendation Action Team

Chair – Bennett, USGS

Chesapeake Executive Council

Chair – Vincent Gray, DC

Principals’ Staff Committee

Chair – Christophe Tulou DDOE

Independent Evaluator

Robertson NOAA O’Connell MdDNR Vogt NOAA Davis CRC Horan USFWS Davis NGO(CBT) Greiner USFWS Martin CRC Merrill EPA Baxter VaDEQ Antos EPA Harrington/Hanson CRC Bryer NGO(TNC) Hall MdDP Fritz EPA Burnett CRC Maounis NPS Saunders-Evans MdDNR Handen NPS Brzezinski CRC

Chair ViceChair Cdtr Staff

Foreman VaDCR Bisland EPA Allen EPA Wilke CRC

Communications Workgroup

Chair – Riggs, DENREC Vice – Land, NPS

Fisheries GIT

• Invasive Catfish Policy Adoption

Statement

– “…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.” – Invasive Catfish Task Force will meet in October to discuss how to implement the policy

• CBSAC will meet in Oct. to begin

development of male specific blue crab reference points for 2013 season

– Female reference points already in use by managers

Striped Bass Menhaden Shad Blue Crab Oyster

Fisheries GIT

• Land Use Workshop

– We missed the application deadline for the previous STAC workshop opportunity – We may like to re-apply and make this happen

• Oyster Metrics Team (tasks

completed)

– Established quantitative metrics for evaluation of tributary and reef level restoration

• MD and VA Oyster Interagency

Workgroups

• Applying oyster metrics to tributaries in MD

and VA

Fisheries GIT

• New American Shad Indicator
• No longer a shad fishery
• Better reflect whole habitat restoration

approaches rather than fisheries management

• Next full Fisheries GIT meeting:

– December 6-8th – Port Isobel of Tangier Island – Increased stakeholder engagement

• Commercial and recreational watermen

Independent Project

Future Plans

• Finished all prerequisites

for graduate school

• Applied to UMD MEES to

start in the Spring, 2013 – Ecology – Fingers crossed

Questions?

Adam Davis adavis@chesapeakebay.net 410-295-3159