Aug. 6— Jim Smith, N.C. Depart- 

 ment of Natural Resources 

 and Community Develop- 

 ment, on peat mining in 

 coastal North Carolina; 



Aug. 13 — Joe Malat, local fishing 

 guide, on surf fishing techni- 

 ques; 



Aug. 20 — Arthur Hurme, ecologist, on 

 shoreline erosion control us- 

 ing marsh plants; 



Aug. 27 — Bill Birkeneier, civil engineer 

 for the U.S. Army Corps of 

 Engineer's Coastal Research 

 Center, on activities at the 

 coastal engineering research 

 pier at Duck. 



UnC Sea Grant has 

 two new "Blueprints" 

 about eels and eel farm- 

 ing to add to its growing 

 stock of eel publications. 

 The first publication, 

 Eel Farming — Are 



You Prepared} by W.L. Rickards, 

 J.E. Foster and W.R. Jones, provides a 

 list of questions about things prospec- 

 tive eel farmers should consider before 

 launching into aquaculture. To receive 

 this free publication, write UNC Sea 

 Grant, Box 5001, Raleigh, N.C. 27650. 

 Ask for UNC-SG-BP-81-2. 



The second publication, Onshore 

 Holding Tanks for Eels, by W.L. 

 Rickards, describes the major factors 

 you should consider when building a 

 holding tank for eels. The Blueprint 

 also provides a diagram of an eel 

 holding tank, showing essential 

 features needed to keep the eels alive 

 and healthy. For this free publication, 



write UNC Sea Grant. Ask for 

 UNC-SG-BP-81-3. 



Other eel publications available are: 

 The Case of the Slippery Eel (UNC- 

 SG-75-20), a guide to harvesting, han- 

 dling and marketing wild eels; To Eel 

 or Not to Eel (UNC-SG-77-02), an 

 economic analysis of a part-time eel 

 fishing enterprise; How to use Eels as 

 Bait (UNC-SG-80-01); A Feeding 

 Tray for Use in Eel Farming (UNC- 

 SG-78-04); A Diagnostic Manual of 

 Eel Diseases Occurring under 

 Culture Conditions in Japan 

 (UNC-SG-78-06— $9 for all requests); 

 and Techniques of Eel Culture in 

 Greenhouses (UNC-SG-WP-80-1— 

 $2 for all requests). To request any of 

 these publications use the publication 

 number. Include the fee as noted. 



Eel fishing demands its own special 

 gear and techniques. If you're in- 

 terested in eel fishing, plan to attend a 

 UNC Sea Grant workshop in May. 

 Designed for fishermen new to eel 

 fishing, the workshop will be held May 

 20, at 7 p.m. at the Jarvis Restaurant 

 in Swanquarter. Sea Grant advisory 

 agents and seasoned eel fishermen will 

 acquaint fishermen with different 

 types of eel pots, eel bait, pot handling 

 gear, fishing techniques, holding and 

 handling methods, markets and the 

 economics of the eel fishery. For further 

 information about the workshop con- 

 tact: Hughes Tillett at the Marine 

 Resources in Manteo (919) 473-3937, 

 John Foster at the NCSU Aquaculture 

 Demonstration Project in Aurora 

 (919) 322-4054 or Bob Hines at the 

 Marine Resources Center at Bogue 



Banks (919) 726-0125. 



Sea Grant advisory agents are plan- 

 ning another eel fishing workshop for 

 the Wilmington area later this 

 summer. 



To get the latest word 

 on marine research a 

 group of North Carolina 

 educators met in Green- 

 ville recently. The 

 seminar, called "Bridg- 

 ing the Gap: Marine In- 

 formation Update," was attended by 

 marine education coordinators and 

 educators, public and private school 

 science coordinators and the informa- 

 tion staff of the state Division of 

 Marine Fisheries. 



According to Lundie Mauldin, Sea 

 Grant's marine education specialist, 

 the purpose of the seminar was to tran- 

 slate marine research information for 

 use by the general public. Educators 

 and information staff, she says, often 

 don't have the time to keep up with 

 the latest developments in coastal 

 research. 



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. 5, 

 May, 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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