committee on Oceanography. He will 

 be telling Congressmen how research 

 projects, advisory services and 

 publications like Coastwatch aid 

 coastal communities. Only with sound 

 data about Sea Grant's benefits and 

 the backing of concerned citizens will 

 Sea Grant survive the budget cuts. 



In the Philippines, 

 many of the best crops 

 are under water. But the 

 farmers like it that way. 

 Their harvest of 

 milkfish, catfish, talapia, 

 shellfish, shrimp and 

 prawns represents a major industry 

 and a primary source of food. 



The 7,100 islands of the Philippines 

 are rich in the resources that make 

 aquaculture work: temperate climate, 

 plenty of clean water, and an abun- 

 dance of edible species well-suited to 

 farming. 



John Foster, who works with Sea 

 Grant's aquaculture demonstration 

 project in Aurora, believes North 

 Carolina can learn from the success of 

 fish-farming in the Philippines. In 

 February, Foster spent several weeks 

 touring the islands, stopping at fish 

 farms, research sites and markets. He 

 also studied some of the nation's 

 culture, staying with Philippine 

 families in their homes, and saw first- 

 hand the central role seafood plays 

 there. 



Foster believes he can apply much of 

 what he learned on the trip to his Sea 

 Grant work with aquaculture. He 



believes the Philippine techniques for 

 raising fish in pens would work well in 

 North Carolina's freshwater ponds and 

 reservoirs, as well as in brackish bays 

 and estuaries. 



In exchange for their help, Foster 

 gave his Philippine counterparts infor- 

 mation on new technology and 

 research, and pointed out ways they 

 could make better use of their 

 resources. 



Foster and the five other North 

 Carolinians who made the trip were 

 selected to participate in an exchange 

 program that also brought Philippine 

 citizens to this state for study. The 

 Rotary International Foundation, 

 which sponsored the exchange, has 

 asked Foster to report his observations 

 of Philippine life to the state's 

 Rotarians. 



This summer, Sea 

 Grant is again offering 

 three workshops design- 

 ed to help school 

 teachers enrich their stu- 

 dents' studies of the 

 coast. Lundie Mauldin, 

 Sea Grant's marine education 

 specialist, has designed the workshops 

 in conjunction with the three N.C. 

 Marine Resources Centers and the 

 N.C. Department of Public Instruc- 

 tion. Each workshop offers course 

 credit through the NCSU Division of 

 Continuing Education. 



The first workshop, scheduled for 

 July 12-25 at Bogue Banks, is open to 

 middle-school and secondary-school 



science teachers, junior high pre- 

 vocational teachers, vocational home 

 economics teachers and marine oc- 

 cupation teachers. It will cover coastal 

 habitats, organisms and occupational 

 skills. Tuition is $120. 



Another workshop, to be held July 

 29-31 at Roanoke Island, is designed 

 for middle-school teachers from 

 "gifted-and-talented" programs, but is 

 open to other teachers as well. It will 

 cover salt marshes, whales, marine sur- 

 vival skills and literature about the 

 sea. Tuition is $30. 



The third workshop, to be held 

 August 12-14 at Fort Fisher, is open to 

 life science and biology teachers. The 

 workshop will cover collecting, main- 

 taining and investigating marine 

 organisms. Tuition is $20. 



For an application to enroll in any of 

 the workshops, write: Lundie 

 Mauldin, UNC Sea Grant, P.O. Box 

 5001, Raleigh, N.C. 27650. Enrollment 

 is limited, so write soon. 



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. 8, No. 3, 

 March, 1981. Dr. B.J. Copeland, direc- 

 tor. Written and edited by Neil Cau- 

 dle, Kathy Hart, and Cassie Griffin. 

 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 

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