Marine Debris - In the News
- Stepping Up Efforts to Remove Ghost Fishing Equipment – The Weather Channel, April, 25, 2023
- New federal program targets abandoned crab, lobster traps – Associated Press, April 21,2023
- VIMS to Lead National Program for Managing Derelict Fishing Gear – VIMS News & Events, April 21, 2023
- Earth Week Climate Action - Biodegradable Netting – VIMS Facebook, April, 24, 2020
- VIMS Reaches Out to Crabbers for Guidance on Derelict Pots – VIMS News & Events, January 22, 2019
- Ghost Crab Pots as Troublesome in the Gulf as in the Chesapeake Bay – Daily Press, February 5, 2018
- Derelict Fishing Gear Makes Chesapeake Crabby, and Not in a Good Way – NOAA, March 27, 2017
- Searching for Ghost Pots in the Chesapeake – NPR, January 26, 2017
- Derelict Pots Killing 3.3 Million Crabs Annually in the Bay – Bay Journal, December 27, 2016
- Report: Derelict Crab Pots Have Impacts Throughout Bay – VIMS News & Events, October 20, 2016
- Removal of Derelict Fishing Gear Has Major Economic Impact – VIMS News & Events, January 21, 2016
- Testimony of Nancy Wallace, NOAA Marine Debris Program Director at the Hearing on Marine Debris – United States Senate, July 25, 2015
- Reducing Bycatch Mortality in Crab Pots in Virginia – NOAA Marine Debris Program, Office of Response and Restoration, 2015
- The Killing Floor: Wade Blackwood MBA '06 Makes a Better Escape Hatch – W&M Tribe, 2015
- PHAs: 'Bacteria Fat' that can Help Us Save the Chesapeake – William & Mary News & Media, March 5, 2015
- Dissolve Ghost Fishing: Biodegradable Panels Can Reduce Mortality Caused By Abandoned Crab Pots – Humboldt State University, March 3, 2015
- No Colonial Ivory Tower: Nation's Second Oldest College is Plugged into the Regional Economy – Virginia Business, March 1, 2015
- Water Pollution Still a Massive Problem – Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 1, 2015
- VIMS Makes Ocean-Safe Biodegradable 'Plastic' From Bacteria – Daily Press, January 18, 2015
- Ghost Pots Estimated to Kill 1.25 Million Blue Crabs in VA's Bay Waters. Bay Journal – June 8, 2013
- Biodegradable Materials May Take the Scare Out of Ghost Fishing – Sea Grant Maryland's News & Notes, December 2012.
- A Healthy Bay for Healthy Kids: Cooking with the First Lady – April 26, 2012 – Printable press release and Crab Salad Recipe
- NBC News Visits with VIMS for a Ghost Pot Success Story – March 21, 2012 – Natural Resources Newsletter
- "Ghosts" Haunt Creatures on Bay's Bottom – Washington Post, January 1, 2012
- Testimony of Dr. Holly Bamford, NOAA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management – December 15, 2011
- ‘Ghost Pot’ Removal Program has Successful Year – Earth Day with Congressman Wittman and VA Secretary of Natural Resources Domenech – April 22, 2011
- Ghost Pot Program a "Win-Win" – March 26, 2010
- 'Ghost Pot" Program Benefits Bay and Watermen – VIMS News & Events, May 11, 2009
- NOAA, VIMS Announce Plans to Study Derelict Crab Pots – VIMS News & Events, September 5, 2006
- They Check In and They Don't Check Out. Bay Journal – February 1, 2006