Staffers from the offices of Senator George Allen, Senator John Warner, and Representative Virgil Goode recently toured the Virginia Tech Aquaculture Center and the Horseshoe Crab Center at Blacksburg in the College of Natural Resources. Delegations included Ann Loomis and Conrad Schatte from Warner's office, A.J. Jeffries from Allen's office, and Candace Friel from Goode's office. Allen, Warner, and Goode have all been strong supporters of pats aquaculture initiatives.