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A cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) feeds on oysters in a tank at the Virginia Aquarium. Photo by VIMS Sea Grant researcher Bob Fisher. First place in VIMS 2009 Photo Contest. Ice from spray covers a net on the RV Fish Hawk during a cold (but sunny) day of trawling in January 2009 on the Rappahannock River. Photo by Aimee Halvorson. 2nd place winner in VIMS 2009 Photo Contest. Stable isotopes were used to measure how quickly food is assimilated into these muscle and liver samples from summer flounder. Photo by VIMS graduate student Andre Buchheister. 3rd place in VIMS 2009 Photo Contest. VIMS boat basin entrance and pump house in May 2009. Honorable mention photo by Timothy Gass. Close-up photo of a squid collected from Chesapeake Bay. Honorable mention photo by Aimee Halvorson. Campers from the VIMS Bay Savers summer camp prepare to seine in the York River, June 2009. Honorable mention photo by Sarah McGuire. A ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) stalks the beach at Cape Hatteras. Honorable mention photo by Alynda Miller. A snowy egret (Egretta thula) hunts among intertidal rocks in LaJolla, California. Honorable mention photo by professor Mike Newman. Caleb Richardson, 5, snorkels in the ocean near Duck, North Carolina. Honorable mention photo by Paul Richardson. Catamaran sailboat on the VIMS beach. Honorable mention photo by Sarah Sumoski.