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Virginia Sea Grant facilitates research, educational, and outreach activities promoting sustainable management of marine resources. We are part of a larger network of Sea Grant programs housed in 31 colleges and universities around the country.
 Law Intern Studies Chesapeake Bay Regulatory Environment
Ryan Johnson joins Virginia Sea Grant for a Coastal Law Internship this summer. Ryan will conduct research on federal and state regulations and governmental structures pertaining to the protection of the Chesapeake Bay watershed before returning to William & Mary for his second year of law school in the fall.
Larkin Wins Outstanding Employee Award
Retiring Virginia Sea Grant Assistant Director Lee Larkin has been honored as the VIMS Outstanding Employee for Research and Advisory Service. In her 34 years of exceptional service, Lee helped build the public education programs at VIMS and create the Bridge, a nationally recognized online marine education resource.
JOB POSTING: Sea Grant Assistant Director for Research
Virginia Sea Grant is hiring a new Assistant Director for Research at the research assistant professor level. Please download the complete position description and apply online on the College of William & Mary's human resources website.
Preliminary Strategic Plan Posted!
We've embarked on an ambitious strategic planning process that will help chart the course for the next four years at Virginia Sea Grant. A preliminary draft of the VASG strategic plan is now available for comment. We'd greatly appreciate your feedback on the draft. It consists of an introduction, vision, mission, and organizational information, followed by goals and objectives in four focus areas:
- Safe and Sustainable Seafood
- Healthy Coastal and Ocean Ecosystems
- Sustainable Community Development and Hazard Resilience
- Coastal and Ocean Literacy
The goals and objectives were created by workgroups consisting of staff, researchers, and stakeholders in each topic area. The draft plan will be available for comment for the next four weeks, a second draft draft will be posted for a shorter public comment period, and a final plan will be released in mid-to-late June.
You can submit comments in one of three ways:
- Send an email to thartley@vims.edu
- Post a comment to this blog entry
- Respond to this open-ended online survey (allows anonymous responses)
VASG would like to thank all of you who have commented and contributed to this document to date. We are committed to hearing from our stakeholders and setting a strategic course for the next five years that is responsive to the needs and opportunities faced by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin
The Spring 2009 issue is now available online with articles on storm tide prediction, migrant workers in Virginia's seafood industry and much more. Read more...
Visiting Scholar Seminar Series on Climate Change
This pair of talks on April 17, 2009, explored public attitudes toward climate change science and policy, as well as the possibility of regional governmental response to climate change impacts.
 Audio, video, and slides from the presentations are now posted.
Virginia Clean Marina Website
 The new site features facts on the program, links to regulatory infomation and current news tarageted to marina operators and boaters. Clean Marina and Clean Boater are voluntary programs promoting the wise and sustainable use of our public waterways. Visit the site...
New Contact Information for Virginia Sea Grant
Virginia Sea Grant
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
P.O. Box 1346
Gloucester Point, Virginia, 23062
804-684-7530 (Sea Grant office)
804-684-7161 (FAX)
Troy Hartley, Virginia Sea Grant Director
Frances Lee Larkin, Assistant Director
Sea Grant Staff Directory
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