Local oyster growers may be eligible for $260,000 in funding to deploy new shells and begin spat-on-shell production in target areas, with applications due by May 7, 2021.
Top Stories
CBGS—Glenns team will move on to represent Virginia at the Virtual NOSB finals in May.
VIMS scientists are asking for angler snapshots to train software to identify different fish species. Their ultimate goal is to put that artificial intelligence into a “RecFish” cell phone app, giving anglers a multi-use field guide and scientists a collaborative tool for better management of recreational species.
The VIMS community commemorates the incredibly rich career of emeritus professor Dr. Jack Musick, who passed away on February 13.
A new VIMS study suggests that continued warming of Atlantic coastal waters may enhance the spread of invasive blue catfish within the Chesapeake Bay and other East Coast estuaries.
A VIMS-led team will use funds from NOAA to help oyster growers and restoration specialists better manage their future responses to acidification in the Chesapeake Bay.
Findings from long-term, landscape-level analyses can help guide conservation planning and enhance efforts to make human communities more sustainable.
Tide-gauge measurements show that water levels rose at a higher rate in 2020 than 2019 at 26 of 32 stations.
The southern portion of the Chesapeake watershed was unusually warm and wet during 2020, while the northern reaches were warm and slightly dry.
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have named VIMS alumnus Dr. Ike Irby as Policy Advisor in the Office of the Vice President.
With COVID restrictions curtailing many other activities, VIMS authored 140 journal articles during 2020, with many more in the publication pipeline.