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Evaluation Of Striped Bass Stocks In Virginia : Monitoring And Tagging Studies, 2004-2008 Annual Report 1 September 2004 - 31 August 2005, Philip W. Sadler, John M. Hoenig, Robert E. Harris, B. Gail Holliman

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This report presents the results of striped bass (Marone saxatilis) tagging and monitoring activities in Virginia during the period 1 September 2004 through 31 August 2005. It includes an assessment of the biological characteristics of striped bass taken from the 2005 spring spawning run, estimates of annual survival based on annual spring tagging, and the results of the fall 2004 directed mortality study that is a collaborative effort with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The information contained in this report is required by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and is used to implement a coordinated management plan for …

Essential Fish Habitat Of Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser Oxyrinchus In The Southern Chesapeake Bay, J. A. Musick

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Additional Assessments Of The Craney Island Eastward Expansion In The Elizabeth River And Hampton Roads - Hydrodynamic Model Study, Mac Sisson, Harry V. Wang, Ya Ping Wang

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Estimation Of Juvenile Striped Bass Relative Abundance In The Virginia Portion Of Chesapeake Bay, January 2004-December 2004 : Annual Progress Report, Herbert M. Austin, Amanda H. Hewitt, Julia K. Ellis

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The primary objective of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science juvenile striped bass survey is to monitor the relative annual recruitment success of juvenile striped bass in the major Virginia nursery areas of lower Chesapeake Bay. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initially funded the survey from 1967 to 1973. After a hiatus ending in 1980, funds were provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service under the Emergency Striped Bass Study program. Commencing with the 1988 annual survey, the work was jointly supported by Wallop-Breaux funds (Sport Fish Restoration Act) administered through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the …

Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program Annual Report 2004 (And 2003 Update), John A. Lucy, C.M. Bain Iii

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The Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program (VGFTP), initiated in 1995, coordinates tagging and a tagrecapture fish database generated through contributed efforts of a dedicated corps of trained marine anglers. Through 2003-2004, the program’s database includes over 78,000 records of tag-released fish and approximately 7,800 recapture records of tagged fish.

Virginia Institute Of Marine Science Research Experience For Undergraduates Program : Research Papers 2005, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

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• The application of digital x-radiograph imaging for the determination of bullk density (Andrew Kowalczk)
• Effects of land use on shelf sedimentation off the Waipaoa River, New Zealand (Cielomar Rodriguez)
• Live-dead copepod composition in the lower Chesapeake Bay (Curtis Freund)
• Feeding of gelatinous zooplankton in the York River estuary (Heather Nees)
• Environmental evaluation for the introduction of juvenile Callinectes sapidus (Laura Twichell)
• Ecosystem carrying capacity and juvenile blue crab foraging in the York River (Melanie Schultz)

The Status Of Virginia's Public Oyster Resource 2004, Melissa Southworth, Juliana Harding, Roger L. Mann

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This report summarizes data collected during 2004 in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. The report is comprised of two parts, part one, oyster recruitment (shell string) in Virginia and part two, dredge survey of selected oyster bars in Virginia.

Water Quality Conditions And Restoration Of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (Sav) In The Tidal Freshwater James River: 2003-2004, Ken Moore, Betty Neikirk, Britt Anderson, Jessie Campbell

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In 2003-2004 wild celery (Vallisneria americana) whole shoots and seeds were transplanted into four sites in the Hopewell region of the tidal James River. The SAV transplants were sampled by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) for survivorship and growth at bi-weekly to monthly intervals throughout the growing season. Concurrently, water quality sampling was conducted at bi-weekly intervals throughout the year for water column nutrients, chlorophyll a, suspended solids, water transparency and other chemical and physical constituents important for SAV growth. Objectives of the study were to: 1) expand the SAV transplanted plots within the study sites previously transplanted; …