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Scientists discover new life in Antarctic deepA study in Nature by an international research team including VIMS Professor Robert Diaz reports the discovery of hundreds of new marine species in the deep-sea surrounding Antarctica. Carnivorous sponges, free-swimming worms, crustaceans, and molluscs living in the Weddell Sea provide new insights into the evolution of ocean life. |
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VIMS to assess menhaden valueA new three-year study led by researchers at VIMS seeks input from commercial and recreational anglers and other stakeholders to help assess the social and economic value of menhaden in Chesapeake Bay. These small, oily fish lie at the center of a debate concerning their relative importance to the Bay ecosystem and economy. |
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Varnell paper recognized by legal experts
An article co-authored by Mr. Lyle Varnell, Asst. Director of Advisory Services at VIMS, has been recognized by a panel of legal experts as one of the 20 best land use and environmental law articles published in U.S. law reviews in 2006. Varnell co-authored Designing Environmental Indicator Systems for Public Decisions, which describes how scientists and policymakers can make best use of environmental indicators in local, state, and national government. |
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O'Connor visits VIMS
Former Supreme Court Justice andcurrent William and Mary Chancellor Sandra Day O’Connor braved a freak spring snowstorm to tour VIMS in mid-April. The tour marked Chancellor O’Connor’s first trip to VIMS, and the first visit to the Institute by a W&M Chancellor since Margaret Thatcher toured the facility in 1997. |
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Ocean storms create oases in watery desertFor two decades, scientists have puzzled over why vast blooms of microscopic plant life form in the middle of otherwise barren mid-ocean regions. In a recent research article in Science, a team including researchers from VIMS reports that episodic, swirling current systems known as eddies act to pump nutrients up from the deep ocean to fuel such blooms. |
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Dickhut puts pollutants to good
use
VIMS Professor Rebecca Dickhut is attempting to use persistent organic pollutants such as PCBs and chlordane to help measure the degree of mixing between Mediterranean and western Atlantic stocks of bluefin tuna—a finding with important implications for management of the bluefin fishery. |
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Patterson chosen to lead SeaCAMEL mission
VIMS Associate Professor Mark Patterson has been chosen as mission leader for a coral-reef research project that will be broadcast live worldwide to thousands of students and ocean enthusiasts from the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory, America's "Inner Space Station." |
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VIMS hires Director of Facilities
Management
VIMS has hired Mr. Richard White as its new Director of Facilities Management. White brings almost 30 years of experience to the position, having previously served as Facilities Manager for the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and Director of Plant Operations at Christopher Newport University. |
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An interview with Jim Brister VIMS has hired Mr. Jim Brister as the first Director of its new state-of-the-art Seawater Research Laboratory (SRL). His job will be to oversee daily operations, help design and construct experimental systems, and assure compliance with environmental requirements. Here he talks about his background in aquaculture, and the potential of the SRL. |
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Pair aid Caribbean fisheries
management
VIMS Professor John Hoenig and graduate student Lynn Waterhouse took part in the third annual Stock Assessment Meeting of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism on the island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in July. |
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Four more marinas receive clean
designation
The Virginia Clean Marina Program, part of the Virginia Sea Grant Advisory Program at VIMS, announced in August that four more marinas have met the requirements to be certified as Virginia Clean Marinas. The newly certified clean marinas are Ocean Marine in Portsmouth, the Tides Inn in Irvington, Dozier’s Regatta Point in Deltaville, and Carter’s Cove in Weems. |
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Hale
and Chen find PBDEs in Chinese raptors
A study by VIMS Professor Rob Hale and PhD student Da Chen reveals that birds of prey in China have some of the highest levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) ever recorded in an animal. The study was published in Environmental Science and Technology. |
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Duffy helps open Earth Portal
VIMS Professor Emmett Duffy is helping to reshape the way science is presented on the web, all the way from A to Z. Duffy serves on the Stewardship Committee for the Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE, www.eoearth.org), an on-line compendium of knowledge about environmental science and policy that has grown to more than 2,700 articles since its launch in April 2007. EoE topics range from Agricultural Economics to Zoology. |
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Campaign gifts have long-term impact
VIMS’ campaign closed on June 30, 2007 with gifts to the Institute totaling more than $12.4 million, an amount far greater than that of any previous VIMS campaign effort. The campaign total represents gifts from individuals, foundations, and corporate donors. |
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New faculty member studies old fishes
Dr. Eric Hilton, the newest member of the VIMS faculty, began as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fisheries Science in September. Hilton, a comparative anatomist with a Ph.D. in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Massachusetts, is an internationally recognized expert in sturgeon biology and fish evolution. |
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Fabrizio elected AFS President
VIMS Associate Professor Mary Fabrizio has been elected President of the 9,000-member American Fisheries Society (AFS), the oldest and largest association of fisheries professionals in the world. Her goal as president is to ensure that AFS will be ready to address future challenges in the fields of science, policy, and human resources. |
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VIMS receives mastodon tooth
Mr. Irvin Shackelford of Saluda has donated a mastodon tooth to VIMS on behalf of his family and late father Raymond Shackelford, a long-time charter boat captain out of Bena. The 8-inch-long molar was recovered from a scallop dredge off the coast of New Jersey. |
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VIMS staff join NOAA Restoration Day
Hundreds of volunteers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other federal, state, and local organizations including VIMS joined forces during the fourth annual NOAA Restoration Day on June 12 to restore and enhance vital habitat at sites in Virginia and Maryland. The event is one of the largest voluntary federal employee sponsored environmental stewardships in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. |
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News BriefsNational Geographic features VIMS pairFishery scientists deploy Net Notes Tarantino awarded NSF Fellowship Condon wins presentation award Smith at U.N. Antarctic Conference Olney describes Native American partnership Prof brings tang to international course VIMS signs MOU with Murdoch University Calendar of Events |
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