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Watermen

Individuals who catch fish or shellfish for a living, typically in coastal or inland waters.

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

The entire land area where all the water, including rivers, streams, and groundwater, eventually drains into the Chesapeake Bay.

Covered Entities

Organizations or businesses that are eligible to enter into cooperative agreements under the pilot program to purchase blue catfish.

Cooperative Agreement

A legal instrument used by the federal government when the principal purpose is to transfer money, property, services, or anything of value to the state or local governments, or other recipient, to accomplish a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by Federal statute.

Pilot Program

A small-scale, experimental program or project carried out to test the feasibility or effectiveness of a larger program before full-scale implementation.

Abundance Baseline

A measurement or estimate of the total number or density of a particular species, in this case, blue catfish, in a given area at a specific time, used as a reference point.

Spawning Stock Biomass