Virginia's barrier islands can reduce #flood damage and boost fisheries, beach recreation, tourism, and coastal real estate. VASG Graduate Fellow Steven Hoagland at Virginia Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering is modeling barrier #island evolution and their societal and environmental benefits.

What is the state of #flood sensors in Hampton Roads, and how can a coordinated sensor network support coastal #resilience? That's the theme for the Hampton Roads Adaptation Forum, held in-person on Friday Sept. 30. Registration is free: bit.ly/3Bfr7jx

Take action this #FoodSafetyMonth with these training opportunities for #seafood processors. Join us to learn #HACCP hazard analysis principles and demonstrate compliance with good sanitary practices. Learn more and register: bit.ly/3wyrOl9

Heads up, #NorfolkVA. There will be a series of high tides 🌊 which will cause minor flooding over the next few days. The first of which will peak tonight near the minor flooding stage (4.5') around 8 pm. Thursday night’s high tide is expected to peak around 4.9'.

🚨 #JobAlert 🚨 The National Aquaculture Association is hiring a Director of Membership Recruitment & Public Outreach position to help advance their work advocating for the US #aquaculture community at the federal level. Learn more: bit.ly/3AcmNRD

hey, K-12 #educators! 📝 if you are looking to add new #science lesson plans to your repertoire, check out these #teacher-tested VA SEA Lesson Plans (tinyurl.com/VASEAlesson)! lesson plans are based on new & exciting grad student research👩‍🔬 NOAA Virginia Sea Grant CBNERR-VA Virginia Institute of Marine Science

#JobAlert Virginia Sea Grant is searching for a digital storyteller to join their #communications and marketing team. Apply by Sept. 30! Learn more 👉 loom.ly/OBKGP-I

Sea Grant announces $14M in funding to strengthen U.S. #aquaculture! 25 projects throughout the country will advance aquaculture production strategies, #collaborations and information exchange to support #coastal & #GreatLakes #businesses. Read more: bit.ly/2022-SG-aquacu…

Yes, it's back! Join us for this year's Catch the King event and participate in award-winning crowdsourced efforts to map the highest tide of the year. Register for Catch the King 2022 at wetlandswatch.org/catchtheking.

A look down King Street in #Hampton today will show you why our new building was built on pillars as a #flood #resilience measure. Our offices and labs are safe and dry today while our old building takes a dip in the #Hampton River.

Meet the newest member of our team! A coastal native, Wendy Stout will help strengthen coastal resilience in her new collaborative position with Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Seafood Ag Research & Extension Center and The Center for Coastal Studies at Virginia Tech in the new Coastal Collaborator office in Hampton. Learn more: bit.ly/3C7KhHr

Processors, importers & distributors of #fish and #fishery products: Do you need #HACCP certification? We're offering 2️⃣ virtual training opportunities: 🐟 October 24 🦪 December 2 Both dates from 8am-5pm! Register: bit.ly/3yuut0g #SeafoodMonth

Let's SHELLabrate good times and even better #oysters! 🦪 Join us and our friends at Shored Up this Saturday on the waterfront in City of Hampton for oyster exhibits, food, and live music! #VAOysterMonth Learn more: bit.ly/3TM5LQX

We're shucking the status quo! 🦪 Here's how we're working with partners using recirculating #aquaculture systems to make #oyster hatcheries more resilient. #VAOysterMonth #RAS Learn more: bit.ly/3Fzm2Fh

Join Old Dominion University's CoVA Adaptation and Resilience Consortium (oduadaptationandresilience.org/consortium/) virtual event on Dec. 14th from 12pm-1:30pm re: Stormwater Storage and Infiltration – Changing our Approach, funded, in part, by GO Virginia 6 & Region 5. Register: odu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6A… #GOVirginia