- About
- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Engage
- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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Industry Partners

ABC supplies broodstock to many hatcheries on the east coast who then propagate and sell diploid (2N) or triploid (3N) eyed-larvae/seed. The below list is of our current industry partners. Please reach out to one near you to inquire about seed or larval availability for ABC selected lines, or adult oysters for consumption!

Aquaculture Research Corporation (Dennis, MA)
Bayside Shellfish (Cape May Court House, NJ )
Ferry Cove Shellfish (Sherwood, Maryland)
HM Terry (Willis Wharf, VA)
Horn Point Laboratory (Cambridge, MD)
Mobjack Bay Lease holdings (Gloucester, VA)
Mook Sea Farm (Walpole, ME)
Oyster Seed Holdings (Hudgins, VA)
Piney Point Aquaculture Center (Piney Point, MD)
Sapidus Farms (Heathsville, VA)