Chesapeake Bay Oyster Population Estimation (CBOPE)
 
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Virginia Sentinel Site Description

 

The table below provides descriptive information for replenishment and restoration activities completed at the sentinel sites in Virginia that are part of the long-term CBOPE effort to describe oyster populations during the period 1998-2002. Data are from Virginia Marine Resources Commission Shellfish Replenishment Program annual replenishment reports and the Virginia Oyster Reef Restoration Map Atlas prepared at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in September 2002.

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Sentinel Site Name
Comments
Eastern Shore
Lumps
None
Eastern Shore
7H-5
Oyster seed planted 2001
Great Wicomico
Harcum Flats
None
Great Wicomico
Haynie Bar
None
Great Wicomico
Whaley Flat/Ingrams
None
James
Brown Shoal
None
James
Deep Water Shoal
None
James
Horsehead
None
James
Mulberry Point
None
James
Nansemond Ridge
None
James
Point of Shoals
None
James
Swash
None
James
V-Rock
None
James
Wreck Shoal
None
James
Wreck Shoal (offshore)
None
Piankatank
Bland Point
Oysters planted 2000
Piankatank
Burton Point
Oysters planted 2000
Piankatank
Deep Rock
Oyster seed planted 2001
Piankatank
Ginney Point
None
Potomac tributaries
Honest Point
Oyster seed planted 2000
Potomac tributaries
Nomini Cut
Oyster seed planted 2000
Potomac tributaries
Shannon/Crows Bar
None
Potomac tributaries
Tom Jones
Oyster seed planted 1998
Rappahannock
Middle Ground
Oyster seed planted 2000
Rappahannock
Bowler's Light
None
Rappahannock
Broad Creek
Oyster seed planted 2001
Rappahannock
Drumming Ground
Oyster seed planted 2001
Rappahannock
Morattico Bar
Oyster seed planted 2000
Rappahannock
Parrot's Rock
Oyster seed planted 2000
Rappahannock
Ross Rock
None
York
Pultz Bar
None
York
Tow Stake
None
York
Bell Rock
None
York
Page's Rock
None
York
Timberneck Rock
None
 
Document last modified 07.19.2003
A collaboration between:
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Sarbanes Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
University of Maryland Marine Estuarine and Environmental Studies Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Department of Fisheries Science Molluscan Ecology Program
Virginia Marine Resources Commission Conservation and Replenishment Division
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