Life Sciences Commons^™

Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 24, No. 3 & 4, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin

Contents

Introduction

How is Seafood Inspected?

HACCP

Virginia's Shellfish Inspection Program

Oyster Packing

Oyster Season

Crab Processing

Fish Processing

Quality Control in the Home

For Commercial/Recreational Fishermen

Fish House Kitchen

Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 24, No. 1 & 2, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin

Contents

Introduction

About the Benthos

Habitat Disruption

Budgeting the Benthos

Management Implications

The Oyster Bar

The Plight of Crassostrea virginica

gigas versus virginica

Environmental Stress = Disease Susceptibility??

Environmental Effects Studies

Mercenaria mercenaria

A Not Entirely Sedentary Existence

For the Recreational/Commercial Fisherman

Marine Notes

Fisheries Assessment And Management Synthesis: Lessons For Chesapeake Bay, William A. Richkus, Steven J. Nelson, Herbert M. Austin

VIMS Books and Book Chapters

Describes the basic approaches that are used for stock assessment of the fish and shellfish stocks of the Chesapeake Bay system. The authors summarize the principal methods of stock assessment and fisheries management that have been and are being-applied to Bay fisheries, with particular emphasis on data collection and the use of models. Three case studies of critical species are presented - the striped bass, the blue crab and the Eastern oyster.