Lake Erie Committee - Standing Technical Committee

The Standing Technical Committee (STC) consists of fisheries scientists from state and provincial fisheries management agencies on Lake Erie. The STC is a sub-committee of the Lake Erie Committee (LEC), appointed by the LEC. The main function of the STC is to organize and to help facilitate work in the form of charges from the LEC. STC members are the senior scientific advisory group for the LEC.

• Charges
• Members (Last updated: April 2010)
• Publications and Products
• Terms of Reference (pdf)
  

 

Charges

The following are the charges to the STC for the 2010-2011 work year.

1. Prepare agenda for 2011 Lake Erie Committee meetings.
   
2. Oversee State of the Lake Report for publication.
   
3. Represent Lake Erie Committee STC on the Council of Lake Committees subcommittee, "Technical Committee Chairs".
   
4. Oversee the final approval of the Yellow Perch Management Plan.
   
5. Develop criteria for the five-year review of the Walleye Management Plan.

Members

Jim Markham (NYSDEC), Chair
Rich Drouin (OMNR)
Jeff Tyson (ODNR)
Chuck Murray (PFBC)
Jim Francis (MDNRE)

 

Publications and Products

Reports and Documents

• Blue Ribbon Panel Harvest Assessment Review (pdf)
• Blue Ribbon Panel Implementation Report (pdf)
• Quota Allocation Strategy (pdf)
• Lambda Review Progress Report (pdf)
• Coordinated Lake Erie Percid Management Strategy: Report of the Blue Ribbon Panel for Review of Procedures Used to Estimate Percid Harvest 2005 (pdf)
• Walleye Management Plan (pdf)

updated 23 May 2007

Photo: American Fisheries Society