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Chemical And Toxicological Characterization Of The Upper York River, Virginia The Mattaponi And Pamunkey Rivers, Morris H. Roberts Jr., Mark Richards, Peter F. Delisle

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This study describes the most extensive effort to characterize the chemistry, toxicology and community of the sediments of the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers. This was accomplished using a study design modified to expand the number of stations occupied by reducing the cost of analyses by compositing replicate samples collected from each study site rather than performing toxicity tests on these samples individually. In previous studies, the variability in field replicate samples was equivalent to the variability in laboratory replicates. This design has long been used to analyze samples for various chemical contaminants as a cost savings endeavor. More ....

Evaluation Of Striped Bass Stocks In Virginia : Monitoring And Tagging Studies, 2004-2008 Annual Report 1 September 2003 - 31 August 2004, Philip W. Sadler, John M. Hoenig, Robert E. Harris, Bonnie G. 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 August 2003 through 31 August 2004. It includes an assessment of the biological characteristics of striped bass taken from the 2004 spring spawning run, estimates of annual survival based on annual spring tagging, and the results of the fall 2003 directed mortality study that is a collaborative effort with the Maryland Department ofNatural 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 striped …

The Crest, Fall 2004, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

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Table of Contents:

• NOAA Opens Chesapeake Bay Office in Virginia at VIMS
• Team discovers probable cause of croaker deaths
• Researchers test and refine storm-surge models
• Dye helps predict potential dispersal of non-native oyster larvae
• Researchers release juvenile blue crabs
• Annual wetlands workshop explores Isabel's impacts
• Fellows earn berth at EPA Conference
• Reay and Priest share Spirit award
• Schaffner briefs U.S. Congress
• VIMS student develops educational board game
• VIMS hosts release of Fisheries Ecosystem plan
• Researchers study ocean's "internal weather"
• VIMS mourns passing of Andrews
• News Briefs

Estimating Relative Abundance Of Young Of Year American Eel, Anguilla Rostrata, In The Virginia Tributaries Of Chesapeake Bay. Final Report (2003 Reporting Year), Marcel M. Montane, Hank Brooks, Wendy A. Lowery, Aimee D. Halvorson

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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) adopted the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (hereafter referred to as FMP) for the American Eel in November 1999. The FMP focuses on increasing the state’s efforts to collect data on the resource and the fishery it supports through both fishery-dependent and fishery-independent studies. To this end, member jurisdictions (including Virginia) agreed to implement an annual abundance survey for young of year (YOY) American eels. The survey is intended to “…characterize trends in annual recruitment of the young of year eels over time [to produce a] qualitative appraisal of the annual recruitment of American …

Evaluating Recruitment Of American Eel, Anguilla Rostrata, To The Potomac River Spring 2004, Marcel M. Montane, Wendy A. Lowery, Hank Brooks, Aimee D. Halvorson

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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) adopted the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the American eel in November 1999. The FMP focuses on increasing the states’ efforts to collect data on the resource and the fishery it supports through both fishery dependent and fishery independent studies. To this end, member jurisdictions (including the PRFC) agreed to implement an annual abundance survey for young of year (YOY) American eels. The survey is intended to “…characterize trends in annual recruitment of young of year eels over time [to produce a] qualitative appraisal of the annual recruitment of American eel to …

Status Of The Major Oyster Diseases In Virginia 2003 A Summary Of The Annual Monitoring Program, Ryan Carnegie, Lisa M. Ragone Calvo, Eugene M. Burreson

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Low temperatures and salinities brought abatement in the oyster diseases caused by Perkinsus marinus (Dermo) and Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) for the first time since 1998. In the James River, P. marinus prevalences were the lowest they had been since 1998. In summer and fall, when P. marinus is normally most prevalent, it was found in a maximum of 72% of oysters at Wreck Shoal and in less than half the oysters at Horsehead Rock and Point of Shoals. Advanced infections were very rare. Haplosporidium nelsoni had disappeared completely from quarterly James River samples by July

Monitoring Relative Abundance Of American Shad In Virginia’S Rivers 2003 Annual Report, John E. Olney

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Concern about the decline in landings of American shad (Alosa sapidissima) along the Atlantic coast prompted the development of an interstate fisheries management plan (FMP) under the auspices of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Management Program (AS

The Crest, Spring 2004, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

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Table of Contents:

• VIMS dedicates Kauffman Center
• Ocean report bolsters VIMS agenda
• Mann urges Congress to enact ballast water standard
• Graves receives faculty award
• Study supports UN Dead Zone report
• Marine trades will pay for training
• Researchers link beach erosion to ice-age channels
• Recovered tag provides data windfall
• Heritage tourism workshop draws local businesses
• Pair contribute to Science article on ocean fertilization
• VIMS launches data buoy
• Hale takes PBDE research to the air
• VIMS finds pathogen in non-native oyster
• Study reveals drop in SAV
• NOAA honors VIMS alumnus
• Musick celebrates 35th Roanoke round-up
• Assembly names Library for Hargis
• VIMS honors …