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    Latest Newsletter- Fall 2019
    August 5--National Oyster Day: Groups work to restore oyster population in Lynnhaven River. Click here
    Annual Youth Writing Contest
    The winners of the 2018 contest were announced at the Annual Meeting
    March 30, 2019.
    Prize money increases starting 2019.
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    Annual Youth Writing Contest
    To Donate to the TOGA/VIMS Student Endowment
    TOGA Brochure- Oyster Gardening in VA
    Spat Center (seed oysters)
    Please Visit the Mike Todd Memorial Page
    Major Annual Events Page
    Next major event-
    Stratford Hall Wine and Oyster Festival
    September 21-22, 2019
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    TOGA Calendar

    TOGA’s Annual Oyster Float Workshop

    Williams Wharf Landing Saturday, October 5, 2019. 

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    Review float styles available
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    VA Oyster Country
    VA Oyster Trail
    Virginia Oyster Stock Assessment and Replenishment Archive (VOSARA)
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    VMRC Chesapeake Bay Map

     

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    Chesapeake Oyster Alliance
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    Report Red Tides and Die Offs
    VA Oyster Gardening Guide
    Oyster Gardening Permit
    VIMS ABC Program
    VMRC Aquaculture
    VMRC Map
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    Average Summer Bay Salinity
    Current Nowcast Bay Salinity
    Current Nowcast Bay Temperature
    NOAA Coastal Flood Map
    An interesting story about Skipjacks, oysters and Smith Island narrated by Walter Cronkite (1965). Discovered by Brian Wood. Click here.
    Latest Virginia Shellfish Aquaculture Situation and Outlook Report by Karen Hudson
    The Status of Virginia’s Public Oyster Resource 2017
    See Our Recipe Page
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    Master Oyster Gardeners Course

    Many of our activites are funded by the sale of Chesapeake Bay license plates. ​

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