Background
At the January 28, 2020 meeting of the Sport Fisheries Advisory Commission (SFAC), the commission unanimously passed a motion to:
Establish a new committee, Tidal and Coastal Recreational Fisheries. This committee will be dedicated to tidal and coastal fishing issues, anticipating trends in fish stocks, integrating technology for improved data, and increasing citizen participation with our Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
Purpose and Role
Maryland has many important fisheries that occur in tidal waters and coastal waters
Given the complex and ever-changing nature of fisheries management, and the recreational fishery as a whole, the Tidal and Coastal Recreational Fisheries Committee (TCRFC) will work as a standing subcommittee of the SFAC to:
- Provide a more frequent, and as necessary connection for the greater recreational fishing community, than the current quarterly SFAC schedule allows.
- Work with the Department of Natural Resources’ Fishing and Boating Services (FABS) staff to connect recreational fishing stakeholders to issues in more detail at a frequency agreed upon by commission and department staff to alleviate time constraints of current commission schedule
- Work to educate and engage tidal and coastal recreational fishery stakeholders on the details of fisheries management, and identify priorities for tidal and coastal recreational fishery stakeholders.
Tasks and topics to be considered by the committee will be requested by the SFAC, and reports from committee will be given at each SFAC meeting or as requested by the SFAC chair. These may include, but not be limited to the following:
Current and Ongoing Issues:
- Understanding recreational fishing data collection systems and challenges
- Understanding the needs of FABS and capacity to tackle current issues vs. wants and needs of recreational fishing community
Future Issues, Forecasting and Trends:
- Spatial and temporal changes in fish stocks and management shifts/challenges
- Anticipated mid and long range regulatory changes
- Expanding and new fisheries
- Angler effort and activity shifts/trends
- Developing fisheries/declining fisheries
Tidal and Coastal Recreational Fisheries Committee Members
Tidal Representation
Lenny Rudow, Sport Fisheries Advisory Commissioner,
Co-Chairperson
Gregory Allen
Chris Buchleitner
Frank Carver
Patrick A Cazalet
Jeff Cleland
Mark Curl
Lawrence Darlington Burkindine
James E Deriu
Sewell "Toby" Frey
Brian Hardman
Albert Hoffman, Jr
Jesse Howe
Donald Johnson
Richard Kuhlman
Rudolph Lukacovic
James McCarter
Kevin McMenamin
Eric Packard
Cyrus S. Picken, Jr.
Alan Polk
Mustafa Sidik
Walter N. Vieser II
Damon K Williams
Phil F Zalesak
Coastal RepresentationVince Cannuli,
Co-Chairperson
Scott Lenox
Beverly Fleming
Christopher Mack
Wesley Muller
Chairperson(s): The chairperson(s) shall fill the following roles:-
Leader - Model leadership and governance behavior; preside in a fair manner; synthesize concepts; forge relationships; work towards committee consensus. Represent committee at Sport Fisheries Advisory Commission meetings to update commission or appoint a member to represent the committee at commission meetings.
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Meeting Facilitator - Ensure adherence to agenda and operating guidelines; involve membership; explore diversity of opinions and inputs; resolve discussions; facilitate public participation.
Support Staff: Fishing and Boating Services leadership shall designate staff support to the committee. The assigned staff person(s) shall have the following roles:
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Administrator - Work with co-chairs to prepare and distribute meeting agendas, summaries, and meeting support information. Arrange meeting space, and provide meeting materials and/or resources to facilitate meetings.
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Attendance - Attend meetings; provide materials for members in absentia; cancel meetings when a quorum is not possible
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Summary - Maintain a master file of TCRFC meeting agendas, actions, motions, and support information
Participants: Commission members are needed to volunteer for the committee and work to recruit additional standing members. Recognizing that many in recreational fishery overlap into many categories, committee leadership will strive to include those with broad understandings of whole recreational fishery needs, and participants aware of and representative of the many diversities that exist in the Maryland recreational fishery as a whole. Committee members serve four years, with possible reappointment, and may continue to serve until a successor is appointed.
- 3+ standing SFAC members that participate in and/or represent tidal and/or coastal recreational fishery stakeholders
- 5+ standing anglers from the general public that participate in and/or represent tidal and/or coastal recreational fishery stakeholders
- 2+ fishing industry participants
