Virginia Institute of Marine Science
(VIMS)
Using science to…
Increase oyster and clam production
Model Bay dynamics
Identify aquatic disease
Reduce billfish by-catch
Trace contaminants
Understand food web production
Increase blue crab populations
Explore bottom dwellers
Restore seagrass
Strengthen natural stocks
Investigate coastal erosion
Understand nutrient cycles
The Nation’s leading research facility focusing on coastal and estuarine science
Since 1940, ...