THE BACK PAGE 



"The Back Page" is an update on 

 Sea Grant activities — on research, 

 marine education and advisory 

 services. It's also a good place to 

 find out about meetings, 

 workshops and new publications. 

 For more information on any of 

 the projects described , contact the 

 Sea Grant office in Raleigh 

 (919/737-2454). 



/'^"T^X The TV cameras have 

 / M \ \ been moving in on Tyre 

 / \ Lanier's lab at North 



J Carolina State Univer- 

 sity (NCSU). In mid- 

 ^^^^^W January, a Durham 



^^ess^ station filmed Lanier at 

 work on his current Sea Grant project. 

 The spot was subsequently picked up 

 by CBS affiliates all over the country. 



What's causing all the stir is a 

 product Lanier has cooked up, with the 

 help of NCSU scientists Frank Thomas 

 and Don Hamann. Lanier starts with 

 minced fish and shrimp, which he 

 grinds into a paste, squirts into a metal 

 mold and heats briefly. Presto: whole 

 shrimp. According to Lanier and others 

 who have sampled the product, it's as 

 good as most frozen whole shrimp. 

 And, if it makes the commercial 

 market, as Lanier predicts it will, the 

 product will probably sell for about 

 half the price of whole breaded shrimp 

 now available in grocery stores. 



The new product is similar to 

 "refabricated shrimp" (minced shrimp 

 pressed into a shrimp shape) now on 

 the market. But it actually contains 

 between 50 and 75 percent fish. It's all 

 part of Lanier's scheme to develop 

 ways to make better use of some 

 unpopular fish, including the abundant 

 croaker. Lanier is particularly 

 interested in using surimi, or washed, 

 minced fish, which is used as a base for 

 many products in Japan. He contends 

 that the excellent texture of surimi is 

 what makes his new product so good. 



The traditional seafood platter costs 

 a bundle these days, but there are still 



bargains in the seafood market. 



To help keep consumers informed 

 about seafood's role in good nutrition, 

 Sea Grant, in cooperation with the 

 N.C. Agricultural Extension Service, 

 will sponsor a three-day training 

 session for county home economics and 

 extension agents. 



The aim of the session is to bring 

 North Carolina agents up-to-date on 

 developments in the seafood industry. 

 The agents will use the training to keep 

 their communities abreast of changes 

 in the industry, and to show families 

 how to prepare nutritious, economical 

 seafood dishes. 



In the workshop, agents will visit 

 marine laboratories and seafood 

 processing companies, and will learn 

 about the latest techniques for han- 

 dling and preparing seafoods. Sea 

 Grant's advisory staff will introduce 

 the agents to several "under-utilized" 

 species — unfamiliar seafoods that offer 

 plenty of flavor and food value. 



The workshop will be held March 1 1 , 

 12 and 13 at the NCSU Seafood Lab in 

 Morehead City. 



If you're considering 

 graduate study in marine 

 science, then Sea Grant 

 may be able to offer you 

 some needed financial 

 aid. Every year Sea 

 Grant awards graduate 

 fellowships to students for marine 

 research and study. This year two 

 fellowships are available and 

 applications are now being accepted. 



Prospective graduate students from 

 any recognized public or private 

 institution are eligible. Recipients 

 must be accepted by graduate 

 programs at the University of North 

 Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), 

 North Carolina State University in 

 Raleigh, East Carolina University 

 (ECU) in Greenville or the University 

 of North Carolina at Wilmington 

 (UNC-W). 



For more information and 

 applications, contact Jay Langfelder, 



Department of Marine Science and 

 Engineering, NCSU; Dirk 

 Frankenberg, Curriculum in Marine 

 Science, UNC-CH; William Queen, 

 Institute for Coastal and Marine 

 Science, ECU; Gilbert Bane, Program 

 for Marine Sciences, UNC-W; or UNC 

 Sea Grant, P.O. Box 5001, Raleigh, 

 N.C. 27650. Completed applications 

 must be returned by April 1. 



This summer, Sea 

 Grant will again offer 

 three workshops 

 designed to help school 

 teachers enrich their 

 students' studies of 

 coastal North Carolina. 



Lundie Mauldin, Sea Grant's marine 

 education specialist, is organizing the 

 workshops, which will offer teachers 

 course credits through the Continuing 

 Education Department at NCSU. 



The first workshop, to be held June 

 22-28 at the N.C. Marine Resources 

 Center/Ft. Fisher, is planned for 

 fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade teachers. 

 The teachers will study the ecology of 

 marshes, beaches and islands, will 

 make field trips to historic sites, and 

 will try their hands at fishing, clam- 

 ming and collecting samples of marine 

 life. Tuition for the workshop is $50. 



Another workshop, to be held June 

 22-28 near Gloucester, will be con- 

 ducted by archaeologist David Phelps 

 of ECU. Phelps will lead teachers on an 

 archaeological dig where they will learn 

 how to excavate, collect, catalog and 

 interpret Indian artifacts. Tuition for 

 this workshop is .$50 and teachers from 

 any grade level may apply. 



The third workshop, for seventh-, 

 eighth- and ninth-grade teachers, will 

 be held July 13-26 at the N.C. Marine 

 Resources Center/Bogue Banks. 

 Teachers will study the specialized 

 occupations that have developed 

 because of resources present in the 

 coastal environment. Field trips will 

 include visits to boatbuilders, fishing 



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