MLC Lecture Series: Advancing Blue Catfish Management in Virginia's Tidal Rivers

🧠 One-Hour Lecture Series: Advancing Blue Catfish Management in Virginia's Tidal Rivers
📅 Wednesday, August 13th
🕕 6:00–7:00 PM
📍 Williams Wharf | Free & Open to the Public

Join us for an engaging evening with Margi Whitmore, Tidal Rivers Fisheries Biologist with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR), as part of our Lecture Series.

This presentation will discuss the rise of blue catfish as an invasive species in the Chesapeake Bay watershed—how they got here, their ecological impact, and what’s being done to manage their spread. Learn about DWR’s management goals, current partnerships aimed at reducing catfish populations, and exciting findings from a new movement study in the James River. Discover how science and strategy are coming together to help protect native Bay species.

Come early, bring a friend, and enjoy a thought-provoking look at one of the region’s most pressing environmental challenges. 🌊🐟