William & Mary ScholarWorks

Welcome! William & Mary ScholarWorks preserves and provides access to the research and creative output of William & Mary's faculty, staff, and students.

UPDATE 18th JUNE 2025: Our repository has migrated from Digital Commons to Open Repository DSpace as of this summer. Additional updates and improvements will continue through the Fall semester. Thank you for your patience during this transition.

Recent Submissions

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Mary Oberlies
Open Access
Evaluating Recruitment of American Eel, Anguilla rostrata, in the Potomac River (Spring 2025)
(Virgina Institute of Marine Science, 2025) Tuckey, Troy; Fabrizio, Mary
American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a valuable commercial species along the Atlantic coast of North America from New Brunswick to Florida. Landings from Chesapeake Bay typically represent about 65% of the annual United States commercial harvest (ASMFC 2023). American Eel is also important to the recreational fishery as this species is often used as live bait for Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) and Cobia (Rachycentron canadum). In 2021, Chesapeake Bay commercial landings of American Eel (284,297 lbs) represented 87% of the U.S. landings of yellow eel (personal communication from the National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Statistics Division). Since the 1980s, harvest along the U.S. Atlantic Coast has declined, with similar patterns occurring in the Canadian Maritime Provinces (Meister and Flagg 1997). The American Eel Benchmark Stock Assessment report (ASMFC 2012) established that the American Eel is depleted in U.S. waters. The most recent American Eel Benchmark Stock Assessment confirmed the stock remains depleted and abundance is lower than what was reported in the 2017 stock assessment update (ASMFC 2017; ASMFC 2023).
Open Access
2024 Chesapeake Bay Dead Zone Report
(Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 2024) Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Anchor QEA
William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS and Anchor QEA have released their 2024 Dead Zone Report Card detailing the volume and duration of hypoxic, or low-oxygen, conditions in the Chesapeake Bay. The annual Dead Zone report is created using a computer model based on the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Forecast System (CBEFS). The computer modeling complements the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) annual Hypoxia Report, which is based on semi-monthly monitoring cruises measuring dissolved oxygen. Both reports are used by the Chesapeake Bay Program to monitor the health of the Bay in relation to established nutrient management and water quality goals.
Open Access
2023 Chesapeake Bay Dead Zone Report
(Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 2023) Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Anchor QEA
William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS and Anchor QEA have released their 2023 Dead Zone Report Card detailing the volume and duration of hypoxic, or low-oxygen, conditions in the Chesapeake Bay. The annual Dead Zone report is created using a computer model based on the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Forecast System (CBEFS). The computer modeling complements the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) annual Hypoxia Report, which is based on semi-monthly monitoring cruises measuring dissolved oxygen. Both reports are used by the Chesapeake Bay Program to monitor the health of the Bay in relation to established nutrient management and water quality goals.
Open Access
2022 Chesapeake Bay Dead Zone Report
(Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 2022) Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Anchor QEA
William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS and Anchor QEA have released their 2022 Dead Zone Report Card detailing the volume and duration of hypoxic, or low-oxygen, conditions in the Chesapeake Bay. The annual Dead Zone report is created using a computer model based on the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Forecast System (CBEFS). The computer modeling complements the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) annual Hypoxia Report, which is based on semi-monthly monitoring cruises measuring dissolved oxygen. Both reports are used by the Chesapeake Bay Program to monitor the health of the Bay in relation to established nutrient management and water quality goals.