Thursday, August 25, 2016

VIMS Developing Tool to Help Anglers Avoid Unproductive 'Dead-Zone' Water

By Ken Neill III - Daily Press - The Chesapeake Bay is often plagued with oxygen-poor “dead zones.” These dead zones occur more frequently in the warmer months of the peak fishing season. 
These low-oxygen areas are avoided by fish. It would help anglers to know where these zones are so that they can avoid them also. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science is developing a tool to help with that. The VIMS’ daily dead-zone forecast will help anglers avoid unproductive water, vims.edu/research/topics/dead_zones/forecasts/cbay/index.php
Excerpted from: http://www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-spt-fishing-report-0826-20160825-story.html

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