Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Publications
Maryland Sea Grant, in coordination with state and federal agency partners and research institutions, has developed and coordinated the Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Project for Chesapeake Bay since January, 2008. This project implements a new technical and scientific foundation for EBFM and moves beyond traditional single-species management to consider the interconnections between species, their physical and living environments, and human influences. The EBFM Project was launched with a pilot study of striped bass and has since facilitated the development of technical briefs pinpointing the critical ecosystem stressors for four of the five key species identified in the Fisheries Ecosystem Plan (FEP) for Chesapeake Bay: striped bass, menhaden, blue crab, and alosines (work on oysters will take place in the future). To find out more about the project, cooperating partners, and those who worked on it, visit the EBFM website.
Species Teams Background and Issue Briefs
For the EBFM Project, teams of experts from within and beyond the Chesapeake region have participated in a series of meetings facilitated by Maryland Sea Grant to explore how each of four key species function and interact in an ecosystem context. Maryland Sea Grant published the resulting papers as a set of in-depth Background and Issue Briefs for each of the four species. To see these papers, download the pdfs above.
Species Teams Summary Briefs
These 8-page summary briefs present the highlights of the EBFM Background and Issue Briefs for the four species.
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