Federal Agencies Fisheries Summit

held February 22-24, 2023 at National Conservation Training Center

Participant Guidebook

Summit Summary

Purpose:

Enable improved management and conservation of aquatic species and their habitats at the landscape scale by advancing relationships and collaboration across federal agencies.

Objectives:

  1. Increase Understanding and Awareness of the roles, responsibilities, fisheries-related missions, and authorities, of each federal agency.
  2. Build Community:  Establish and improve federal agencies relationships and collaborative networks.
  3. Shared Agencies Vision:  Develop a shared federal agencies voice and future vision for federal trust fisheries resources.
  4. Shared Collaboration Framework:  Initiate a process to develop a collaborative federal agencies relationship framework and map alignment among federal agencies.