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Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 19, No. 3, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science
Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 19, No. 3, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science
Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin
Contents
Rock fish, striper, striped bass
No easy answers
Striped Bass Research Projects
Stock assessment laboratory established
People on the Water
How the VMRC works (and manages the striped bass .fishery)
Description of a tidal marsh
Managing Virginia's Wetlands
Fish House Kitchen
Marine Notes
Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 19, No. 2, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science
Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 19, No. 2, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science
Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin
Contents
Marine Notes
Survey Results
Marketing Seafood
Marine Products Board
Farm Fresh
Tech Seafood Lab
Captian George's
People on the Water
Handle with Care
M&G Transportation
Fish House Kitchen
Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 19, No. 1, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science
Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 19, No. 1, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science
Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin
Contents
Marine notes
A little weather
Research links wind and fish
Dr. Duane Harding
Weather wise Virginia
Will the hurricane hit
Nil Sig Wx
Fishing from satellites
Northeasters & high tides
Fish house kitchen
Reader survey/renewal
Chesapeake Bay Fisheries: An Overview, Herbert M. Austin
Chesapeake Bay Fisheries: An Overview, Herbert M. Austin
VIMS Books and Book Chapters
The value of the marine resources of the Chesapeake Bay is second only to its value as a transportation corridor. The oyster, blue crab and striped bass or rock fish, along with the sailboat, epitomize our vision of the Bay. Nowhere else do such important renewable natural resources co-exist so closely to man's residential and industrial activities.
Over time, all natural resource distribution and abundance fluctuates in response to a normally fluctuating environment. Man's harvest adds an additional pressure, and in some cases recruitment levels cannot keep pace with consumer demand. In the Bay, pollutants, both intentional point source discharge, …
The American Oyster Crassostrea Virginica In Cheapeake Bay, Dexter Haven
The American Oyster Crassostrea Virginica In Cheapeake Bay, Dexter Haven
VIMS Books and Book Chapters
The American Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is widely distributed in Chesapeake Bay where it grows in the intertidal zone to depths of about 6.5 m. The salinity range over which it occurs, is from about 5 to 34 ° /oo. It is most abundant in protected embayments where bottoms are a firm sand-clay mixed with shelly material. This bivalve is a filter feeder, and ingests planktonic material which it strains from the water with its gills. Spawning occurs in Chesapeake Bay from June through September, and the eggs and resulting larvae are widely distributed during their 10-20 day planktonic life.
Growth …
A Socio-Economic Overview Of The Chesapeake Bay Fisheries, James E. Kirkley
A Socio-Economic Overview Of The Chesapeake Bay Fisheries, James E. Kirkley
VIMS Books and Book Chapters
The marine resources of the Chesapeake Bay are believed to provide substantial benefit to residents of the State of Maryland and Virginia. However, the possibility of overfishing and degradation of the marine environment seriously jeopardizes the possible benefit . In thsi section, a brief overview of the economic importance and characteristics of the Chesapeake Bay marine resources is presented. The potential for economic lossee are discussed relative to observed economic values.
Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 18, No. 4, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science
Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 18, No. 4, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science
Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin
Contents
Marine notes
Estuarine circulation
Layman's guide to models
People on the water
James River Models
ODU's sailor/scientists
Fish house kitchen