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Here are the letters to the editor for Nov. 15 in The Olympian.

As a candidate, Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK), the first Alaska Native ever elected to Congress, ran as a “pro-fish” candidate. Now, she is in Congress, Peltola, with U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Rob Wittman (R-VA) have launched the bipartisan American Seafood Caucus. The purpose of the caucus is to provide a forum for seafood policy champions to find common ground and ensure that healthy, domestically produced, seafood doesn’t take a backseat to foreign products that often don’t uphold our quality and sustainability standards, or may...

The new Acuff Center for Aquaculture will advance the science of farming shellfish. The 22,000-square-foot facility houses a shellfish research hatchery designed to accommodate the operation of VIMS’ Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center (ABC) and other teams associated with VIMS' Shellfish Aquaculture Program.

The 10-year-long dispute over U.S. shellfish exports to Europe turned on disagreements over how officials determined the presence of bacteria.

The Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal is a weekly print newspaper and online news source serving Virginia's Middle Peninsula.