Mapping the Cultural Influence of Oysters
Documenting the cultural importance of oysters could be a way to understand people’s attitudes today and gauge how future regulations could may communities.
Fisheries & Aquaculture, News, Uncategorized
Fisheries & Aquaculture
Fisheries & Aquaculture, News, Uncategorized
A Promising Method for Keeping Half-Shell Oysters Safe
This summer, researchers submitted data to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), seeking to have oyster relay become an approved post-harvest process.
Extension, Fisheries & Aquaculture, News, Uncategorized
VT Extension Partner to Help Validate Possible Antibiotic for Marine Aquaculture
Currently there are no approved antibiotics to treat diseases in marine aquaculture. VT and partners at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are working on it.
Fisheries & Aquaculture, Healthy Ecosystems, News, Research, Uncategorized, Virginia Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
Studying Oysters Subjected to Red Tides in York River (SLIDESHOW)
This summer, there were some big blooms of the rust-colored algae, Alexandrium monilatum, in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Virginia Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellow Sarah Pease is studying this algae and whether the toxin it produces could affect oyster or human health.
