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VIMS shows new oyster-visualization tool to VMRC advisory committee; staff urged to use it for planning and marketing
Marine Resources Commission Shellfish Management Advisory Committee · January 29, 2026
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Summary
VIMS presented a new GIS-based oyster visualization tool built from decades of survey data; committee members were asked to test it for reef-level planning, buried-shell inventorying, and outreach to legislators and buyers.
Roger Mann of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science demonstrated a new oyster visualization tool to the VMRC Shellfish Management Advisory Committee, describing it as a GIS platform that consolidates survey history and makes reef-scale decisions easier.
"This is the tool to do it with," Roger Mann told the committee, explaining…
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