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Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program Annual Report 2002, John A. Lucy, C.M. Bain Iii Jan 2003

Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program Annual Report 2002, John A. Lucy, C.M. Bain Iii

Reports

The Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program (VGFTP), in its eighth year during 2002, systematically trains and assists anglers in tagging a select number of species important to Virginia's marine recreational fishery and maintains the resulting tagging database. A cooperative project of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), the program is primarily funded with revenues from Virginia's saltwater recreational fishing license funds (Recreational Fishing Development Fund). In addition, support for the program is provided by Virginia's Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program at VIMS.


The Crest, Winter 2003, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science Jan 2003

The Crest, Winter 2003, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Reports

Table of Contents:

  • VIMS research helps protect Navy ships from mines
  • Moore monitors water quality and seagrasses
  • Orth studies seed predators
  • Researchers see Bay in a grain of sand
  • VIMS reviews VSC proposal
  • NAS studies C. ariakensis
  • Steinberg conducts zooplankton census
  • Russian taxonomist visits
  • Schaffner wins award
  • VIMS work on hard clams pays off
  • VIMS leads Antarctic LTER Program
  • VIMS helps manage shellfish waters


Diet Of The Sandbar Shark, Carcharhinus Plumbeus, In Chesapeake Bay And Adjacent Waters, Julia K. Ellis Jan 2003

Diet Of The Sandbar Shark, Carcharhinus Plumbeus, In Chesapeake Bay And Adjacent Waters, Julia K. Ellis

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, is the most abundant large coastal shark in the temperate and tropical waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean. The Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and adjacent waters serve as a nursery ground for C. plumbeus as well as many other fauna. Characterizing the diet of a higher trophic level predator such as the sandbar shark sheds light on a small portion of the temporally and spatially complex food web in the Bay. This study describes the diet of the sandbar shark, highlighting differences in diet within various portions of the nursery area, as well as ontogenetic changes …