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CBPO Director Retires
Nick DiPasquale led the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) for six and a half years, making him the second-longest serving director of the program. DiPasquale came on as Director in August 2011, and served in that role until this past December, when he retired. On why he was drawn to the position, he said, “it is a comprehensive, eco-system based program dealing with the totality of...
Read MoreNCBO Acting Director
The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office has an acting director while current director, Peyton Robertson, is on an extended detail serving as senior advisor to the National Marine Fisheries Service and the National Weather Service. In the meantime, Sean Corson has been serving in the role since June. Corson had served as Deputy Director since 2008, but he explained that his responsibilities have changed...
Read MoreVA Seafood & VSG
The Virginia seafood industry is booming. The Commonwealth leads the nation in the production of aquaculture raised hard clams, and the first on the East Coast in producing eastern oysters. Virginia Sea Grant (VSG) was awarded $1.9 million in research funds from NOAA’s National Sea Grant Aquaculture Initiative, which provided $9.3 million in all through an aquaculture research competition....
Read MoreWhere’s the Water?
For a while in December and a bit of January, many Bay residents were asking, “where did all the water go?” During the cold spell the region experienced, many residents noticed low water levels lasting for a while. Some worried that the low tides would kill oyster populations exposed to the cold air above. Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) scientist Dr. John Boon helped...
Read MoreControlling Mosquitoes at HPL
Biological oceanographer Jamie Pierson is exploring whether microscopic critters found in the waters around the Chesapeake Bay region could be used to naturally control mosquito populations. “There are some very serious public health issues around mosquitoes,” said Jamie Pierson, assistant professor at the Horn Point Laboratory (HPL). “We’re trying to find a part of the puzzle to help control...
Read MoreUMCES Prof. Wins Award
Dr. Bill Dennison, Professor of Marine and Science and Vice President for Science Application and Professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, has received the first-ever 2017 Margaret A. Davidson Award for Stewardship from the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) for professional contributions to the estuarine scientific community. “This inaugural award...
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