and unprotected parts of the same 

 shoreline, Hosier expects some telling 

 data from his research at Nags Head. 

 And the commissioners expect to have 

 some facts to lean on when, sometime 

 down the road, ORVs wheel onto the 

 agenda again. 



If you are planning to build along 

 the beach, you'll need to know about 

 some new restrictions. The Coastal 

 Resources Commission (CRC) has 

 recently revised its regulations govern- 

 ing development in ocean hazard areas. 



Spencer Rogers, Sea Grant's coastal 

 engineering specialist, studied the an- 

 nual rate of erosion and the potential 

 for major storm damage along the 

 beach. Rogers and other researchers 

 used aerial photographs of the 

 shoreline and on-site observations to 

 determine which beach front areas 

 were subject to major erosion. The 

 study was submitted to the CRC and 

 changes were made in July. 



Building or development in these 

 areas will no longer be permitted 

 seaward of the primary dune; specific 

 construction standards apply. The 

 primary dune is the first sand dune 

 with an elevation equal to the 100-year 

 flood level plus six feet. Under the for- 

 mer regulations, development was per- 

 mitted immediately behind the lower 

 frontal dunes. 



The CRC also made other changes in 

 the Coastal Area Management Act 

 (CAMA). Builders and developers 

 should check with local CAMA permit 

 officers before building. 



/" "X Sea Grant offers two 

 / iky free publications of 



iy / )jf'i special interest to 

 F^rVj SCUBA divers. Wreck 



V ' -\yj Diving in North 



\ y/ Carolina, by Dennis 



Regan and Virginia 



Worthington, is a directory of 42 

 shipwrecks off the North Carolina 

 coast which are most popular among 

 divers. The 16-page booklet gives loca- 

 tions, a brief description and history of 

 each of the wrecks. It also includes a 

 directory of North Carolina dive shops 

 and a section on safety. 



If you're a SCUBA diver, the 

 Diver's Emergency Information 

 card could save your life. A water- 

 resistant, wallet-sized card, it alerts 

 medical personnel to the fact that you 

 could be suffering from decompression 

 sickness and gives emergency phone 

 numbers and the locations of nearby 

 decompression facilities. One side of 

 the card provides space for the diver's 

 name, address, next of kin, blood type 

 and drug sensitivities. It's published 

 by South Carolina Sea Grant. 



Planning a trip to the North 

 Carolina coast? Sea Grant's new 28- 

 page booklet, Vacation and weather 

 guide to coastal North Carolina, 

 may be just what you need. This 28- 

 page booklet features information on 

 coastal recreation, including boating, 

 camping, bird watching, surfing and 

 hang gliding. A detailed fishing section 

 outlines tips on fishing for the most 



common freshwater, offshore and in- 

 shore species. The booklet also 

 provides year-round weather data — 

 including charts on sailing winds and 

 offshore weather, a list of related 

 publications and a series of coastal 

 maps. It is published jointly by Sea 

 Grant and the Environmental Data 

 and Information Service. 



Learn how to get more nutrition for 

 your money by using high protein, low 

 calorie fish flakes for cooking. Fish 

 Flakes: seafood stretchers, is a fold- 

 out flyer which tells you how to flake 

 fish at home in six easy steps and gives 

 two tested recipes which use the 

 flakes. 



Kor your single free copy of any of 

 the publications listed above, write Sea 

 Grant, Box 5001, Raleigh, North 

 Carolina 27650. If you wish to order 

 any of the publications in bulk, contact 

 the Sea Grant office for information on 

 charges. 



Coastwatch is published monthly 

 except July and December by the Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, 105 1911 Building, 

 North Carolina State University, 

 Raleigh, NC 27650, Vol. 6, No. 7, 

 August, 1979. Dr. B.J. Copeland, 

 director. Written and edited by Mary 

 Day Mordecai, Neil Caudle and Kathy 

 Hart. Second-class postage paid at 

 Raleigh, NC 27611. 



COASTWATCH 



105 1911 Building 



North Carolina State University 



Raleigh, NC 27650 



Second-class postage paid 

 at Raleigh, NC 27611 

 (ISSN 0161-8369) 



