2026
TOGA Annual Membership Meeting
Sat. February 21, 2026, 1-5pm
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Featured presentation Dr. Jim Wesson, retired Head of Conservation and
Replenishment of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) who remains involved in the annual oyster stock assessment survey.​
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Please check-in 12:45-1:15. Public welcome to this free event!
TOGA membership renews at the start of each year so renew now or at the door. Agency Representatives available for consultations and questions on free permits, condemnations and more. See Agenda below.
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Campus
Waterman’s Hall Auditorium, 1375 Greate Road, Gloucester Point, VA 23062
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Please join us! (4-5pm is a social hour. Please bring a dish to share.)
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All are welcome at our Annual Meeting, in-person, or via ZOOM! Come learn about Virginia's iconic oyster! TOGA helps teach people to garden their own oysters...
ALSO
TOGA helps put more oysters in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Oysters filter a crazy amount of water, making the Bay healthier and cleaning our local waters. Join TOGA (or renew today) to help these efforts!​​
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Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 1370 Greate Rd, Gloucester Point
Carl Zulick
TOGA President
Thank you
Karen Hudson
VIMS Advisor, for managing the program, teaching and all that she does for TOGA.
Crystal Booker
Assistant Director of Donor Relations, Stewardship, and Alumni Engagement
Agenda
Dr. Jim Wesson - Keynote Speaker
VMRC Retired, TOGA Charter member and supporter
​ Recipients of the TOGA/VIMS Fellowship Endowment for 2025-2026. The grad students are presenting at the Annual Meeting:
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Elena T. Hoang
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Using three-dimensional models of artificial oyster reefs and comparing metrics of their structural complexity to track restoration success, she is using the 3D scanning to intimately examine how oyster spat grows on different reef structures over time.
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Ashely Rose
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The focus of her research is ribbed mussel restoration in living shoreline marshes.
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