Fish Habitat Outcome:Logic & Action Plan
Chesapeake Bay Program partners have committed to taking a series of specific actions to support the management approaches guiding this outcome. These actions directly address the factors that could impact our progress. More information about performance targets and participating partners can be found in the complete Logic & Action Plan.
Download Logic & Action Plan (.pdf)Completed Actions
2019
- Explored options for geospatially overlaying data collected through assessments of fish habitat in the Chesapeake Bay.
- Worked with the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Forage Action Team to complete and share the results of our work to understand the impacts hardened shorelines have on forage abundance, diversity and health and to determine the threshold beyond which proposed shoreline hardening should not be approved.
2018
- Determined the decision support and data needs of government agencies, non-governmental organizations and local community members engaged in the conservation and restoration of fish habitat.
- Planned and convened a workshop to support the evaluation of fish habitat conditions and stressors in the Chesapeake Bay.
- Developed a workshop report and other deliverables.
2017
- With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, published a research summary on the impacts of hardened shorelines on aquatic resources.
- Received funding for a workshop to identify representative species for different habitats in the tidal and non-tidal Chesapeake Bay. Using these representative species, experts will evaluate the factors that influence habitat function and provide criteria to qualify these factors’ significance.
2016
- Published an inventory of tools, maps and datasets related to fish habitat.
2015
- With support from Tetra Tech, developed a detailed literature review of the habitat requirements and threats for 13 lesser studied Chesapeake Bay species. These requirements and threats have been organized into two matrices: one matrix of habitat requirements and threats for all 13 species, and one matrix of habitat requirements and threats for the egg to larval life stages of these species.