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History of Eastern Shore Laboratory

  • Excerpt from 1943 Virginia Fisheries Laboratory (predecessor to VIMS) report highlighting ribbed mussel research at the newly created Wachapreague station
  • Brief history and description after 1961 published in 1998 by Mark Luckenbach, then Director of ESL
  • Article about the naming of the Castagna Shellfish Research Hatchery
ESL boat ramp 1990'sOld Davis Shucking Houses next to ESL boat basin - 2000Overlooking ESL boat basin and old Davis Shucking Houses, mid-1990'sLooking over what is now the ESL boat basin, 1963Wet Lab in the 1960s, later the ESL's Administrative building, demolished in 2021Dr. Mark Luckenbach, second Director of the VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory, on a field tripNew Seawater Lab, circa 2012New Seaside Hall, circa 2012Aerial image of ribbed mussel plots 1940'sVIMS ESL Field trip late 1960'sWorking on an oyster reef late 1960's or early 1970'sDr. Mike Castagna with teachers group in old wet lab, 1969ESL shellfish hatchery work, 1960'sESL Staff, 1963ESL shellfish hatchery work, 1960'sESL shellfish hatchery work, 1960'sDr. Mike Castagna tends to aquaculture tables, 1969Dr. Mike Castagna spawning clams late 1960's/early 1970'sESL shellfish cages in the 1960'sFirst ESL buildingHatchery greenhouse early 1990'sHatchery late 1990's
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