Jim Goins

Field Operations Manager, NOAA Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia

Email: goins@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7559

Education:

Miami University, Business
Christopher Newport University, Biology

Research Interests:

During my time here at VIMS I've been involved in a wide range of research projects and enjoyed close collaborations with many of our scientists.

I came to VIMS after a short stint with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, prior to that the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries working with both the fisheries division and the department's waterfowl biologist on various projects. With a strong background in fisheries and combined 15+ years working in the Chesapeake Bay watershed I found a home here at the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia (CBNERRVA) assuming the title of "Field Manager". This role encompasses a broad variety of Duties/specialties: specifically field sampling, data collection and data analysis. Other components to this position include vessel operations, the use of Real-Time Kinematic Global Positioning Systems to obtain horizontal and vertical accuracy to the millimeter, scuba diving, along with some land stewardship responsibilities at the (CBNERR) sites.

Goals:

Land use issues are an ever-increasing concern and especially susceptible\important are our estuaries. As demands on our natural resources increases the challenge is to maintain these areas water quality and biological integrity for the benefit of everyone.

Projects:

Bio-monitoring
System wide monitoring program
Shallow water monitoring\dataflow
James River submerged aquatic vegetation and water quality studies
National Estuarine Reserve Stewardship
York River shoal survey

Sample Presentations, Publications and Reports

January 1997. Movement and recapture of OTC marked juvenile American shad in the Pamunkey River, VA: 1995 and 1996. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Tidewater Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC. January 24-25, 1997. (co-author with J. Loesch and D. Dixon).