Review of the Fisheries Ecosystem Plan for the Chesapeake Bay

The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office requested the assistance of the STAC to coordinate a peer review of the Fisheries Ecosystem Plan (FEP) for Chesapeake Bay. Two members of STAC agreed to undertake coordination of the review. Originally, the document was provided to five individuals who had initially agreed to conduct a review. Over the course of the review, three reviewers opted not to complete the task so that the final review consisted of three reviews from experts outside the region. In addition to the two review coordinators, one other member of STAC also provided comments.