2026
TOGA Annual Membership Meeting
Saturday, February 21, 2025, 1-5 pm
Please Check-in 12:45-1:15 Agency Representatives available for consultations and questions on free permits, condemnations and more.
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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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
Dr. Jim Wesson
Keynote Speaker
VMRC Retired, TOGA Charter member and supporter
​ Crystal Booker has announced the recipients of the/TOGA VIMS Fellowship Endowment for 2025-2026. They have been invited to speak at the Annual Meeting.
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Elena T. Hoang
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She is using new technology to create three-dimensional models of artificial oyster reefs and comparing metrics of their structural complexity to track restoration success. She is also using the 3D scanning to examine more intimately how oyster spat grows on these 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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