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Virginia Aquaculture
Extension Specialists

(POND CULTURE)

Dr. Brian Nerrie
Aquaculture Extension Specialist
Virginia State University
P. O. Box 9081
Petersburg, VA 23806
(804) 524-5903
bnerrie@vsu.edu

(RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE)

Michael H. Schwarz, Ph.D.
Aquaculture Specialist
VSAREC
102 S. King Street
Hampton,Virginia 23669
(757) 727-4861
mschwarz@vt.edu



Fish Health & Diagnostics

Dr. David Crosby
Fish Health Specialist
Virginia State University
P. O. Box 9081
Petersburg, VA 23806
(804) 524-5620
dcrosby@vsu.edu

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

Virginia State University
Randolph Farm Extension Pavilion
4415 River Road, Petersburg, VA

FROM THE NORTH (Fredericksburg), Washington, D.C., Maryland, etc) * Take I-95 South to Exit 54 (Temple Avenue). Take this exit. Turn left at the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp. Turn left at the second traffic light onto Route 301 (The Boulevard). Continue to the Fourth Red Light * turn right at the Wa Wa station onto Dupuy Road. Stay on Dupuy (will become River Road) past Virginia State University for one mile to traffic light. Turn right at the light. Go over the bridge and continue straight ahead for ¼ mile. The entrance to Virginia Cooperative Extension Pavilion is the second gate on the left. It is a one story cream colored building. If you see the Ettrick Library you have gone too far. Turn around and come back.

FROM THE SOUTH (Emporia, North Carolina, etc.) Take I-95 North to Exit 54 (Temple Avenue). Take this exit and continue as above.

FROM THE NORTHWEST (Staunton, Charlottesville, etc.) Travel Interstate 64 East to I-95 South to Exit 54 (Temple Avenue). Continue with above directions.

FROM THE SOUTHWEST (Roanoke, Lynchburg, Blackstone, etc.) Travel 460 East to Interstate 85 North (approximately 10 miles from Petersburg). Take I-85 North to I-95 North. Stay on I-95 North to Exit 54 (Temple Avenue). Continue with above directions.

FROM THE EAST (Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Wakefield, etc.) Travel 460 West through Disputanta and Hebron. Stay on 460 West until traffic light at Wagner Road (McDonald’s on the right). Turn left on Wagner Road. Obey speed limits on this road! Stay on Wagner until you see the I-95 North exit on the right. Take I-95 North to Exit 54 (Temple Avenue). Continue with above directions.

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AQUACULTURE PERMITS, REGULATIONS & GUIDELINES


Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries (VDGIF)

- Hold and Sell Permit
- Propogate and Sell Permit
- Collect and Sell Permit
- Exotic Species Importation Permit

Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC)
- Hybrid Striped Bass Growers Permit
- Oyster/clam Lease (to permit use of state bottoms for shellfish culture and mariculture)
- Submerged lands/habitat for use or alteration of stream and river bottoms Permit
- Commercial Fisherman Registration License (to harvest & sell shellfish and finfish from VA waters)
- Crab Shedding License (to hold and shed crustaceans)

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ)
- Wastewater Discharges
- Groundwater Withdrawal
- 401 Certification for Dredging and Filling in Wetlands

Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS)
- Inspection Foodfish Quality
- Processing Facilities
- Predation at Hatcheries

Virginia Department of Health (VDH)
- Shellfish and Crustacean Processing Certificate
- Bacteriological Testing of Shellfish Growing Areas

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CORE)
- Section 10, Alterations/Obstructions in Waterways
- 404 Dredging and Filling in Navigable Waters

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Approved drugs, chemicals and seafood additives

U.S. Department of Agriculture (Animal & Plant Health Inspections)
- Animal predation at Hatcheries

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)
- Predation at Hatcheries by Federally Protected Species (Depredation Permit)


AQUACULTURE MARKETING

VIRGINIA GROWN GUIDE - Comprehensive listing of Virginia producers who market their products directly to the consumer. Published by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS).


VIRGINIA'S FINEST PROGRAM:

"Virginia's Finest" Standards for Farm-Raised Catfish

"Virginia's Finest" Standards for Farm-Raised Freshwater Trout

"Virginia's Finest" Standards for Farm-Raised Freshwater Crayfish (PDF)

"Virginia's Finest" Standards for Farm-Raised Tilapia (PDF)

"Virginia's Finest" Standards for Aquaculture Clams (PDF)

"Virginia's Finest" Standards for Blue Crab Meat (PDF)
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