VIMS After Hours: Beautiful Swimmers: Blue Crabs in Chesapeake Bay!
Since 1990, researchers at the Batten School & VIMS have partnered with the Fisheries Service of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to operate the annual Bay-wide Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey. This survey has allowed them to estimate the total population of blue crabs throughout Chesapeake Bay, identify year-to-year trends in abundance, and […]
GO Virginia Region 6 Economic Development Summit
Save the date for the 2nd Annual GO Virginia Region 6 Economic Development Summit at the Jepson Alumni Executive Center at the University of Mary Washington in downtown Fredericksburg, VA. Registration information and agenda coming soon!
VIMS After Hours: Searching for Sturgeon
Technological advances are revolutionizing the field of marine science, as well as efforts to conserve and protect aquatic species. Environmental DNA (or e-DNA) is genetic material left behind by organisms in their environment (from the shedding of cells, mucus, feces, skin, scales, or hair), and can be used to detect invasive and/or endangered species, monitor […]