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Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 25, No. 3 & 4, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin

Contents

Introduction: the World Ocean

Sea Grant and Marine Science Education

Global Change

The Bay Team

The VIMS Aquarium

Zebra Mussel Information Graduate Marine Science Studies, An Insider's View

Educational Tools for Teachers

For the Commercial/Recreational Fishermen

Trends In Shark Abundance From 1974 To 1991 For The Chesapeake Bight Region Of The U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast, John A. Musick, Steven Branstetter, James A. Colvocoresses

VIMS Books and Book Chapters

Recent stock assessments indicate that the shark stock of the western North Atlantic is exploited at a rate twice the maximum sustainable yield. This finding is supported by data generated by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science longline program for sharks of the. Chesapeake Bay and adjacent coastal waters. Trends in catch per unit of effort since 1974 indicate 60-80% reductions in population size for the common species - sandbar (Carcharhinus plumbeus) , dusky (C. obscurus) , sand tiger (Odontaspis taurus), and tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier) sharks. Declines include numbers of individuals for all species, size classes within species, and in …

Marine Resource Bulletin Vol. 25, No. 1 & 2, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin

Contents

Introduction

Fisheries Management

A Limited Window of Opportunity

The Striped Bass as a Predator on Blue Crabs

Student Research

About the Blue Crab Blue Crab Early Life Stages

The Journey From the Continental Shelf

Baby Blue Crabs Inside the Bay

The Feeding Ecology of Blue Crabs For the Commercial/Recreational Fishennen