Initiatives of The Coastal Trust
Atlantic Striped Bass Initiative
The migratory stock of Atlantic striped bass range from North Carolina up through Maine. They are popular sport fish that support a significant recreational economy in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. The precarious status of this fish stock has led to emergency action by state and federal regulators including the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The juvenile population is dependent for nursery habitat on the tidal wetlands and seagrasses of the Albemarle Sound, Chesapeake Bay, and Delaware Bay. The Atlantic Striped Bass Initiative seeks to restore and protect wetlands and seagrasses in these locations and set aside coastal lands as corridors for future marsh migration.
Western Gulf Initiative
Through the Western Gulf Initiative, The Coastal Trust seeks to support fish and wildlife habitat conservation on the Western Gulf, including the wetlands, shorelines, and coastal plains of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. TCT provides technical assistance to state and local governments in planning and integrated asset management for water, sewer, and stormwater infrastructure and source water protection.
The Western Gulf is a working coast, a critical asset to our country. In other places it is still wild in nature, and it is the heart of most North American wildlife migratory routes.
In many places, the condition of critical infrastructure, the health of the environment, flood protection for communities, and quality of life can tend to lag behind. The Coastal Trust hopes to help protect habitat and address the critical issues affecting quality of life along the Texas and Louisiana Coast.