New award recognizes Values in Action wm.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wm.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This Tiny Fish Can Withstand Almost Anything Carrie Arnold
Originating in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia, just south of the Chesapeake Bay, the Elizabeth River is turbid and brackish, its banks redolent with the nose-wrinkling stench of rotting vegetation. These muddy, pungent waters support an array of life oak and maple trees, herons, otters, and oysters. But the Elizabeth empties into the massive Norfolk Harbor, making it ideal for shipping and shipbuilding; for decades, local industry spilled thousands of tons of creosote, a wood preservative made from coal tar, into the river.
Over time, the stench of tar and mothballs replaced the natural
It’s pretty much a sure thing that oysters and wine pair well together.
That’s the thinking behind “Wine & Brine, It’s a “Shore Thing,” a virtual experience on March 21 that offers an interactive opportunity to taste the sea and land together in a uniquely Virginia manner.
AquaCultured, a new program from Virginia Sea Grant and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science that finds innovative ways to help Virginia shellfish farmers bring their harvest to the dinner table, is presenting the event.
Tune in free at 7 p.m., on AquaCultured’s Facebook page.
Frank Morgan, a longtime wine columnist, and Jon Wehner, owner of Chatham Vineyards, will present the tasting experience and discussion featuring wine paired with oysters.
This Tiny Fish Can Withstand Almost Anything msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Recfish website allows anglers to upload their fish photos so they can be used to train a model to identify different species. (VIMS/WYDaily)
Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) are casting a wide net in search of fish photos. Their immediate goal is to use angler snapshots to train software to identify different fish species. Their ultimate goal is to put that artificial intelligence into a “RecFish” cell-phone app, giving anglers a multi-use field guide right in their pocket, and scientists a collaborative tool for better management of recreational species.
“We’re really excited about building out our app,” says Kellogg. “Once finished, all you’ll need to do is open the app and point your cell-phone camera at a fish and it will instantly tell you the species, size, and approximate weight and let you record that info to your logbook with the touch of a button.” The app will also instantly provide information on whether a fish is legal