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VIMS @ 42nd Annual West Point Crab Carnival!
Saturday, October 5
10am - 6pm
Downtown West Point, VA

Join VIMS at the 42nd Annual Crab Carnival on Saturday, October 5th in downtown West Point, where we will be sharing information on our decades of research on blue crabs in the Bay - with specimens, live crabs, information, microscopes, and more!

CBNERR-VA Discovery Lab - Halloween Mad Lab
Wednesday, October 16
6pm - 8pm
VIMS - Catlett-Burruss Research and Education Lab
This "Things That Lurk in the Deep" Halloween Discovery Lab will feature glowing experiments, spooky crafts, and marine science. Come find out what strange creatures live in the ocean depths, from the midnight zone and below! Costumes are encouraged!
VIMS @ Poquoson Seafood Festival!
Saturday, October 19 - Sunday, October 20
Poquoson, VA

Join VIMS at the annual Poquoson Seafood Festival to celebrate VIMS' role in supporting the seafood industries of Virginia! VIMS' exhibit will focus on our oyster and aquaculture genetics and breeding programs, blue crab and fish surveys, and more!

VIMS After Hours: Ghost Forests, Zombie Shrimp, & Space Fish: Strange & True Tales Of The Salt Marsh
Thursday, October 24
7pm - 8pm
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, McHugh Auditorium, also available as a live webinar

Why do zombie crustaceans mindlessly wander the marsh? Why can’t a snail let go of its past? Join us at October After Hours as Dr. David Johnson answers these questions and shares stories of the strange animals wonderfully adapted to life in a salt marsh.

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