The Virginia Institute of Marine Science’s Eastern Shore Laboratory (ESL) in Wachapreague, VA, serves both as a field station for research and teaching and as a site for resident research programs in coastal ecology and aquaculture.
Our Administration Building provides office space for staff and a check-in area for guests.
Seaside Hall features a taxonomy laboratory, small analytical laboratory, and a general-use room that serves as a library, conference room, or classroom.
The Seawater Laboratory features a large teaching laboratory as well as a flexible wet laboratory, designed to hold marine organisms and provide space for conducting research, both indoors and outside.
The Castagna Shellfish Research Hatchery also features a flexible design with an assortment of tanks and the ability to culture bivalve larvae and micro-algae with various temperature, salinity, and filtration parameters.
Additional buildings on campus support the housing and research needs of our guests and staff.