Advancing the resilience and sustainability of Virginia's coastal and marine ecosystems and the communities that depend upon them.
Gloucester Point, VA
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
Join @ODU's CoVA Adaptation and Resilience Consortium (oduadaptationandresilience.o…) virtual event on Dec. 14th from 12pm-1:30pm re: Stormwater Storage and Infiltration – Changing our Approach, funded, in part, by
@GOVirginia6 & Region 5. Register: odu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo…
#GOVirginia
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
We're shucking the status quo! 🦪 Here's how we're working with partners using recirculating #aquaculture systems to make #oyster hatcheries more resilient. #VAOysterMonth #RAS
Learn more: bit.ly/3Fzm2Fh
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
Let's SHELLabrate good times and even better #oysters! 🦪 Join us and our friends at Shored Up this Saturday on the waterfront in @cityofhampton for oyster exhibits, food, and live music! #VAOysterMonth
Learn more: bit.ly/3TM5LQX
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
Processors, importers & distributors of #fish and #fishery products: Do you need #HACCP certification?
We're offering 2️⃣ virtual training opportunities:
🐟 October 24
🦪 December 2
Both dates from 8am-5pm! Register: bit.ly/3yuut0g
#SeafoodMonth
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
Meet the newest member of our team! A coastal native, Wendy Stout will help strengthen coastal resilience in her new collaborative position with @vaseagrant, @VT_VSAREC and @Coastal_VT in the new Coastal Collaborator office in Hampton. Learn more: bit.ly/3C7KhHr
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
A look down King Street in #Hampton today will show you why our new building was built on pillars as a #flood #resilience measure. Our offices and labs are safe and dry today while our old building takes a dip in the #Hampton River.
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
Yay, Alfonso! @vaseagrant Represent!
@ODU celebrates #HispanicHeritageMonth. Meet Alfonso Macia Tapia, a Ph.D. student @ODU_OES & a Knauss Fellow. Alfonso conducts research on the water quality effects of extreme tidal flooding events. Let’s celebrate diversity in the #STEM!
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
Sea Grant announces $14M in funding to strengthen U.S. #aquaculture! 25 projects throughout the country will advance aquaculture production strategies, #collaborations and information exchange to support #coastal & #GreatLakes #businesses. Read more: bit.ly/2022-SG-aquaculture
ALT Image of Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute Research Scientist, Kevin Stuart, harvesting juvenile yellowtail from a production tank (photo credit Mark Drawbridge, HSWRI).
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
Yes, it's back! Join us for this year's Catch the King event and participate in award-winning crowdsourced efforts to map the highest tide of the year.
Register for Catch the King 2022 at wetlandswatch.org/catchtheki….
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
This FREE 1-day Shellstock Shipper HACCP training is one of the steps in the process to become a certified shellfish dealer, which is required for a harvester to sell direct to the public. For more information and to register for an upcoming course, contact Sarah Good.
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
Calling all commercial #watermen📢The 2023 VA Fishery Resource Grant Program is live and we want to hear from you. Scan the QR code to access all the application materials. We look forward to helping you craft your applications, so attend one of our workshops or reach out to us!
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
#JobAlert @vaseagrant is searching for a digital storyteller to join their #communications and marketing team. Apply by Sept. 30!
Learn more 👉 loom.ly/OBKGP-I
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
hey, K-12 #educators! 📝
if you are looking to add new #science lesson plans to your repertoire, check out these #teacher-tested VA SEA Lesson Plans (tinyurl.com/VASEAlesson)!
lesson plans are based on new & exciting grad student research👩🔬 @NOAA @vaseagrant @cbnerr @VIMS_News
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Did you know that the color of a blue crab's eggs can tell you how close they are to hatching? As the eggs mature, they change from yellow to dark brown. This is because the crab eats the yellow yolk as it grows.
ALT Six blue crabs lay belly-up on a tray in a lab.
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These crabs are part of a research project led by VASG Graduate Fellow Alex Schneider (@akschneider10), who is studying female blue crab reproduction.
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
🚨 #JobAlert 🚨 The National Aquaculture Association is hiring a Director of Membership Recruitment & Public Outreach position to help advance their work advocating for the US #aquaculture community at the federal level. Learn more: bit.ly/3AcmNRD
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
Heads up, #NorfolkVA. There will be a series of high tides 🌊 which will cause minor flooding over the next few days. The first of which will peak tonight near the minor flooding stage (4.5') around 8 pm. Thursday night’s high tide is expected to peak around 4.9'.
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Virginia Sea Grant retweeted
Take action this #FoodSafetyMonth with these training opportunities for #seafood processors. Join us to learn #HACCP hazard analysis principles and demonstrate compliance with good sanitary practices.
Learn more and register: bit.ly/3wyrOl9
ALT Image of fish at a seafood market. Sanitation Control Procedures training will be offered on September 19. Basic Seafood HACCP training will be offered on September 20-22.
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What is the state of #flood sensors in Hampton Roads, and how can a coordinated sensor network support coastal #resilience? That's the theme for the Hampton Roads Adaptation Forum, held in-person on Friday Sept. 30. Registration is free: bit.ly/3Bfr7jx
ALT Two cars on the road create wakes as they drive through flooding in Norfolk.
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Virginia's barrier islands can reduce #flood damage and boost fisheries, beach recreation, tourism, and coastal real estate. VASG Graduate Fellow Steven Hoagland at @VirginiaTechCEE is modeling barrier #island evolution and their societal and environmental benefits.
ALT Steven Hoagland stands next to science equipment in knee-deep water in a tidal marsh.
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