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- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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Species of interest

Information and species illustrations courtesy of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) unless otherwise noted. See also the NOAA species guides on Fish & Sharks, Invertebrates, or Highly Migatory Species.

alewife — Alewife

American lobster

American shad — American Shad

Atlantic angel shark — Atlantic Angel shark

Atlantic Cod

Atlantic croaker

Atlantic cutlassfish

Atlantic mackerel

Atlantic menhaden — Atlantic Menhaden

Atlantic moonfish — Atlantic Moonfish

Atlantic rock crab — Atlantic Rock Crab

Atlantic sharpnose shark — Atlantic sharpnose

Atlantic spadefish — Atlantic Spadefish

Atlantic stingray

Atlantic sturgeon

Atlantic thread herring

Banded drum — Banded Drum

bay anchovy — Bay Anchovy

Black drum

Black seabass — Black Seabass

blueback herring — Blueback Herring

blue crab — Blue Crab

bluefish — Bluefish

blue runner — Blue Runner

bluntnose stingray — Bluntnose stingray

brown shrimp — Brown Shrimp

bullnose ray — Bullnose Stingray

butterfish — Butterfish

channel catfish — Channel Catfish

clearnose skate — Clearnose Skate

cobia — Cobia

cownose ray — Cownose Stingray

Florida pompano

fourspot flounder — Fourspot Flounder

gizzard shad — Gizzard Shad

gray triggerfish — Gray Triggerfish

gulf stream flounder — Gulf Stream Flounder

harvestfish — Harvestfish

hickory shad — Hickory Shad

hogchoker — Hogchoker

horseshoe crab — Horseshoe Crab

inshore lizardfish — Inshore Lizardfish

kingfish — Kingfish

little skate — Little Skate

longfin inshore squid — Longfin Inshore Squid

longhorn sculpin — Longhorn sculpin

monkfish — Monkfish

northern puffer — Northern Puffer

northern searobin — Northern Searobin

northern sennet — Northern Sennet

oyster toadfish — Oyster toadfish

pigfish — Pigfish

pinfish — Pinfish

red drum — Red Drum

red hake — Red Hake

roughtail stingray — Roughtail Stingray

scup — Scup

sheepshead — Sheepshead

silver hake — Silver Hake

silver perch — Silver Perch

smallmouth flounder — Smallmouth Flounder

smooth butterfly ray — Smooth butterfly Ray

smooth dogfish — Smooth Dogfish

southern stingray — Southern Stingray

Spanish mackerel — Spanish Mackerel

Spanish Sardine — Spanish sardine

spiny butterfly ray — Spiny butterfly Ray

spiny dogfish — Spiny dogfish

spot — Spot

spotted hake — Spotted Hake

spotted seatrout — Spotted seatrout

striped anchovy — Striped anchovy

striped bass

striped burrfish — Striped burrfish

striped searobin — Striped Searobin

summer flounder — Summer flounder

tautog — Tautog

weakfish — Weakfish

white perch — White perch

white shrimp — White Shrimp

windowpane — Windowpane

winter flounder — Winter Flounder

winter skate — Winter Skate

yellowtail flounder — Yellowtail Flounder