What kinds of subjects would communication initiatives address?
Workshop participants agreed that subjects for communication under the Joint Strategic Plan are virtually limitless, as agencies are highly active and successful. Issues relating to science, cooperative projects, and consensus are high priority for common communication efforts. It was noted that general information and data about the state of the fishery would be particularly useful to agency constituencies. How do we implement such a framework? Less conclusive from the workshop was agreement about how to implement a communication framework under the Joint Strategic Plan. While it was generally agreed that joint communication initiatives are imperative and while it was acknowledged that fishery managers will be instrumental in identifying issues for communication, participants concluded that communications should be left up to each lake committee. Based upon the workshop discussions and the answers to those questions, this communication framework recommends that: (1) individual lake co
