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Geo-spatial assessment of activities occurring on privately leased state-owned bottom - seaside of Virginia’s Eastern Shore (716271)

Principal Investigators: Berman
Funding Agency: NOAA/DEQ
Period: 6/01/2011-12/31/2011
Amount $26,500

Opening Baylor ground for commercial activity to enhance available bottom for aquaculture is spurred by the notion that bottom resources are limited.  A major question that remains unanswered is how much of the current state-owned bottom retained in private leases for the purpose of shell fishing is actually being utilized?  The scope of work proposed for this project is to link two databases to answer some basic questions regarding the status of private lease activity and harvests in Virginia.