To make any sense, the Jones Act must increase American ships, sailors, and ship production capabilities. But it does not. Over the years, US shipbuilding capacity has atrophied, the active fleet has aged, and the number of merchant mariners has dwindled.
By Sherry Hamilton on May 12, 2021
Judy Rowe
Judy Rowe of Grimstead has spent years fighting to bring broadband to Mathews County. She attended school board and supervisors’ meetings, talked to legislators, and made numerous phone calls to cable and Wi-Fi companies. All seemed to fall on deaf ears.
Then two years ago something changed. The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, faced with yet another desperate appeal from Rowe, agreed to establish a Broadband Advisory Board and make Rowe its chairman. That was all she needed, and she hasn’t stopped since.
Rowe immediately began to pull together a diverse group of individuals to form the core of the board, along with additional people with interests in various areas that would benefit from broadband. Crucially, Rob Quartel, a businessman and entrepreneur with experience in cyber technology, offered his help, and Rowe had all she needed to forge ahead.
The Recfish website allows anglers to upload their fish photos so they can be used to train a model to identify different species. (VIMS/WYDaily)
Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) are casting a wide net in search of fish photos. Their immediate goal is to use angler snapshots to train software to identify different fish species. Their ultimate goal is to put that artificial intelligence into a “RecFish” cell-phone app, giving anglers a multi-use field guide right in their pocket, and scientists a collaborative tool for better management of recreational species.
“We’re really excited about building out our app,” says Kellogg. “Once finished, all you’ll need to do is open the app and point your cell-phone camera at a fish and it will instantly tell you the species, size, and approximate weight and let you record that info to your logbook with the touch of a button.” The app will also instantly provide information on whether a fish is legal
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IMAGE: The small circles superimposed on this fish photo are used by the machine-learning software to automate species identification in this case a red drum. view more
Credit: Lisa Kellogg/VIMS.
Researchers at William & Mary s Virginia Institute of Marine Science are casting a wide net in search of fish photos. Their immediate goal is to use angler snapshots to train software to identify different fish species. Their ultimate goal is to put that artificial intelligence into a RecFish cell-phone app, giving anglers a multi-use field guide and scientists a collaborative tool for better management of recreational species. We re really excited about building out our app, says RecFish founder Lisa Kellogg, a senior research scientist at VIMS. Once finished, all you ll need to do is open the app and point your cell-phone camera at a fish and it will instantly tell you the species, size, and approximate weight, and let you record that info to your logbook with