Draft Strategic Plan for Lake Champlain Fisheries
Press Release
Lake Champlain
Sea Lamprey Control
Cooperative Releases Draft Strategic Plan for Lake Champlain Fisheries
The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative today announced the availability of a draft Strategic Plan for Lake Champlain Fisheries.
The Strategic Plan, which was prepared by the Cooperative's Fisheries Technical Committee, provides a framework for implementing the Cooperative's coordinated fisheries management programs. It outlines fish community goals and objectives and describes the role of each of the agencies.
The Strategic Plan is based on guiding principles for ecosystem management, sustainability, natural reproduction of native species, management of non-native and nuisance species, use of stocking, application of genetics, protection of habitats, use of science-based management, and management accountability, with specific reference to human dimensions of fisheries management.
The Cooperative, a partnership formed over three decades ago by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the states of New York and Vermont, provides direction for coordinated fish and wildlife programs in the Lake Champlain basin.
The draft Strategic Plan can be found online at the Cooperative's sea lamprey control web site (Select Sea Lamprey from the left column). Copies of the plan may also be obtained at the following locations:
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Fisheries
1115 Route 86
Ray Brook, NY 12977-0296
518-897-1333
Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife
10 South
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-0501
802-241-3700
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lake Champlain Office
11 Lincoln Street
Essex Junction, VT 05452
802-872-0629
Written comments on the draft Strategic Plan can be provided until December 31, 2008, at the Cooperative's sea lamprey control web site (Select Sea Lamprey from the left column) or by writing to:
Bradley Young, Ph.D., Chair
Lake Champlain Fisheries Technical Committee
11 Lincoln Street
Essex Junction, Vermont 05452
