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The Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal is an online toolkit and resource center that consolidates available data and enables state, federal, and local users and the general public to visualize and analyze ocean resources and human use information such as fishing grounds, recreational areas, shipping lanes, habitat areas, and energy sites, among others. The Data Portal is continually updated as appropriate datasets that align with Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) priorities become available.The Data Portal serves as a platform to engage all stakeholders in the five coastal Mid-Atlantic states, putting all of the essential data and state-of-the-art mapping and visualization technology into the hands of the agencies, industry, community leaders, and stakeholders engaged in ocean planning.
Fisherman storing his nets for winter in Chincoteague, VA.
The collection of communities east of Beaufort, NC where most of the fishermen live is called Down East. Once a vibrant fishing economy, only a fraction of the residents still fish. Walking Fish is a Commiunity Supported Fishery program in Beaufort, NC with delivery to Durham, NC.
Jules Opton-Himmel (Walrus & Carpenter Oysters, RI) sorting oysters by size -- smaller oysters fall through the mesh as the wire barrel rotates. Oysters are continuously divided by size as they grow.
Unloading sea scallops from the Silver Sea and the Pontos at Atlantic Cape Fisheries in Cape May, New Jersey
Sea Turtle rehabilitation behind the scenes at the Virginia Beach Aquarium and Marine Science Center. This institution is the primary stranding response team on the East Coast. Dead, stranded animals are dissected and studied to learn as much as possible about all aspects of their lives. Wounded animals are taken in for rehabilitation and ultimately, if possible, release. From a November 2014 assignment for Point 97 and the MARCO Portal project.
Dissecting fish heads. Behind the scenes at the Virginia Beach Aquarium and Marine Science Center. This institution is primary stranding response team on the east coast. Dead, stranded animals are disected and studied to learn as much as possible about all aspects of their lives. Wounded animals are taken in for rehabilitaiton and ultimately, if possible, release.
Misc scenes around the Viking Village docks in Barnegat Light, NJ
Views of Baltimore Harbor.
Sea Turtle rehabilitation behind the scenes at the Virginia Beach Aquarium and Marine Science Center. This institution is the primary stranding response team on the East Coast. Dead, stranded animals are dissected and studied to learn as much as possible about all aspects of their lives. Wounded animals are taken in for rehabilitation and ultimately, if possible, release. From a November 2014 assignment for Point 97 and the MARCO Portal project.
Quarantine and holding tanks behind the scenes at the Virginia Beach Aquarium and Marine Science Center. This institution is primary stranding response team on the east coast. Dead, stranded animals are disected and studied to learn as much as possible about all aspects of their lives. Wounded animals are taken in for rehabilitaiton and ultimately, if possible, release. From a November 2014 assignment for Point 97 and the MARCO Portal project.
Shipping freighter passing near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Norfolk, VA. From a November 2014 assignment for Point 97 and the MARCO Portal project.
Views of Baltimore Harbor.
Steamed Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) at the Crab Bag in Ocean City, Maryland. Season for Blue Crab restaurant in Maryland ended at the end of October but the crab is so iconic and popular in restaurants on the mid-Atlantic coast that these crabs were imported from Louisiana.
Spanish Mackrel. The Maine Avenure Fish Market in Washington DC is the oldest continuiously operating (and one of the last remaining open air) fish market in the country.
Captain JC Hudgins has been a tugboat captain, a commercial crabber and an oysterman. He is based out of Mathews, VA
Unloading sea scallops from the Silver Sea and the Pontos at Atlantic Cape Fisheries in Cape May, New Jersey
Atlantic Red Crab, caught in 2000 feet of water 60-80 miles off the coast of the mid and north Atlantic is the only MSC certified crab in North America. This crab was caught on the Hannah Boden, a fishing boat made famous by the book and movie "A Perfect Storm". Casey's Seafood in Newport News, VA receives and processes crab from the mid-Atlantic region.
