villages and research labs. Tuition for 

 the workshop is $100. 



For an application to enroll in any of 

 the workshops, write: Lundie Mauldin, 

 UNC Sea Grant, P.O. Box 5001, 

 Raleigh, N.C. 27650. Applications 

 must be returned by April 18. 



Sport fishermen once 

 reeled in Spanish and 

 king mackerel by the 

 dozens off the North 

 Carolina coast. But 

 things have changed. 

 Charterboat captains 

 say fewer and fewer mackerel are being 

 caught each season. Why? Many 

 blame commercial fishermen in 

 Florida, who are now catching large 

 quantities of the mackerel with gill 

 nets and seines. Because the mackerel 

 migrate north and south each year, 

 large catches in Florida may affect 

 catches in North Carolina. 



The Gulf of Mexico and South 

 Atlantic Fishery Management 

 Councils are concerned about the 

 dwindling numbers of Spanish and 

 king mackerel. Together, they have 

 drafted a plan for the management of 

 the fishery along the Gulf coast and the 

 Atlantic coast from Florida to North 

 Carolina. The plan also includes 

 management plans for cobia. 



The councils will present the 

 proposed plan for public comment at 



three North Carolina locations — 

 March 10, Hatteras Civic Center, 

 Hatteras; March 11, Carteret 

 Technical Institute auditorium, 

 Morehead City; March 12, Hilton Inn, 

 Wilmington. All three meetings will be 

 held from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. Anyone 

 can attend. Comments by the public 

 will be reviewed before the final 

 management plan is adopted. 



If you would like to know more 

 about the South Atlantic Fishery 

 Council, write for a free brochure — 

 UNC Sea Grant, Box 5001, Raleigh, 

 N.C. 27650. 



Maybe you have been 

 watching the shoreline in 

 front of your beach 

 house wash away and 

 were wondering what 

 you could do to slow the 

 erosion. Then you might 

 be interested in attending a workshop 

 about planting dune and marsh grasses 

 to stablize shorelines. 



The workshop will be held at the 

 Marine Resources Center at Bogue 

 Banks on April 9 at 10 a.m. Sea Grant 

 researcher Ernie Seneca of NCSU and 

 Carteret County Agricultural 

 Extension Agent Jim Bunce will 

 conduct the workshop with the help of 

 Bob Hines, Sea Grant marine advisory 

 agent. Workshop participants will also 

 get some practical experience planting 

 grasses. 



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