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- VIMS celebrates 50 years of shark research, a milestone for marine conservation.
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- Research published in Nature Communications by Ph.D. student Mary Bryan Barksdale shows coastal landscapes are at risk of a diminished, fleeting blue carbon stock.
  
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- A new report by VIMS emphasizes a collaborative approach to mitigating sudden oyster mortality syndrome.
  
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- Lifetimes dedicated to environmental science inspired Fu-Lin Chu Ph.D. '82, P '97, P '12 and William Chu P '97, P '12 to create a fellowship for graduate students in the School of Marine Science.
  
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Sturgeon: Top Stories

David Malmquist | October 6, 2011

Dr. Eric Hilton leads effort to resolve the tangled classification of one of the world’s most ancient and threatened group of fishes.

David Malmquist | February 4, 2010

Decades of work by VIMS researchers has laid the foundation for construction of a spawning reef for Atlantic sturgeon in the James River.

David Malmquist | May 3, 2005

Researchers send a 5-foot sturgeon to a spawning facility in Maryland in an effort to help restore Chesapeake Bay's sturgeon population.