Sustainable Fisheries Goal. Restore, enhance, and protect the finfish, shellfish and other living resources, their habitats and ecological relationships to sustain all fisheries and provide for a balanced ecosystem in the watershed and bay.
Sustainable Fisheries Goal. Restore, enhance, and protect the finfish, shellfish and other living resources, their habitats and ecological relationships to sustain all fisheries and provide for a balanced ecosystem in the watershed and bay. 2. Vital Habitats Goal: Restore, enhance, and protect a network of land and water habitats to support priority species and to afford other public benefits, including water quality, recreational uses and scenic value across the watershed. 3. Water Quality Goal: Restore water quality to achieve standards for DO, clarity/SAV, and chlorophyll-a in the Bay and its tidal waters as articulated in the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). 4.
Sustainable Fisheries Goal. We support the goal language and the outcomes for blue crabs and oysters (in at least 10 tributary rivers). According to the Bay Program website, the Bay watershed supports 348 species of finfish and 173 species of shellfish and yet except for the Xxxxx Xxxxx Outcome under the Vital Habitats Goal, there are only two proposed outcomes for fisheries. We believe that an additional outcome related to finfish is essential. We recommend a forage fish goal that would help support the survival and health of other iconic fish, like rockfish. Measures seeking to ensure healthy populations of fish highly‐valued by the public represent a way to engage sports fisherman/women and tourist and the hospitality industry.
Sustainable Fisheries Goal. Restore, enhance, and protect the finfish, shellfish and other living resources, their habitats and ecological relationships to sustain all fisheries and provide for a balanced ecosystem in the watershed and bay. - Blue Crab Outcome: Maintain sustainable blue crab population based on the current 2012 target of 215 million adult females (1+ years old) and continue to refine population targets between 2013 through 2025 based on best available science. - Oyster Outcome
