The show, which is free, is sponsored 

 by UNC Sea Grant, N.C. Division of 

 Marine Fisheries and the N.C. 

 Agricultural Extension Service. Hours 

 are 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 

 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

 Sunday. For more information, write 

 Hines at the Marine Resources Center 

 in Bogue Banks, P.O. Box 896, Atlan- 

 tic Beach, N.C. 28512. Or call 

 919/247-4007. 



With an increasing demand from 

 pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food 

 processing industries for substances 

 found in seaweed, researchers are look- 

 ing for cost-efficient ways to harvest 

 natural populations of seaweed. 



In a UNC Sea Grant mini-grant, 

 Donald Kapraun and Frederick 

 Zechman, of the Department of 

 Biological Sciences at the University of 

 North Carolina at Wilmington, will 

 test a seaweed culture system. The 

 researchers will set up a small 

 demonstration system to determine 

 monthly growth rates of the seaweed 

 and to estimate production costs for 

 such an investment. Kapraun and 

 Zechman hope to answer the question: 

 How much does it cost to grow 

 seaweed in North Carolina? 



Spencer Rogers, UNC Sea Grant's 

 coastal engineer, and Alan Stutts of 

 the University of Nevada at Las Vegas 

 have been awarded mini-grant funds 

 to study factors influencing the deci- 

 sion to locate permanent structures in 

 ocean hazard areas of coastal North 

 Carolina. 



In a recent analysis of oceanfront 

 development in North Carolina, 

 Rogers found that about 50 percent of 

 the permanent structures permitted 

 for ocean hazard areas might be 

 seaward of the vegetation line in 35 

 years or less. Rogers and Stutts want 

 to determine how perceived risk in- 

 fluences decisions to build or purchase 

 a building in an ocean hazard area. 

 With their results, the investigators 

 may be able to suggest ways public 

 policymakers can influence the 

 decision-making process of property 

 owners planning to build in a hazard 

 area. 



^N. The Mid-Atlantic 

 / ,^^^|, Fisheries Development 

 Foundation awarded 

 r^^^WTT]/] two grants to Frank 

 Thomas, director of Sea 

 ^^^^^^ Grant's work at the 

 NCSU Seafood 

 Laboratory in Morehead City, and to 

 Joyce Taylor, Sea Grant's seafood 

 agent at the lab. 



In a grant to increase seafood 

 utilization, Thomas and Taylor will 

 conduct workshops for economics 

 extension agents and food profes- 

 sionals. Their programs will include 

 dressing, handling, transporting, pre- 

 serving and preparing the seafood catch. 



Another grant will allow Thomas 

 and Taylor to prepare seafood con- 

 sumer information for the visually im- 

 paired. Seafood has traditionally been 

 neglected from the menus of the 

 visually impaired, but Thomas and 



Taylor hope to change that. They'll i 

 prepare large print and cassette tape 

 educational materials explaining the 

 selection, care, handling and nutrition 

 of seafoods, as well as some recipes for 

 use by totally blind or visually im- 

 paired people. 



Coastal Capers, written by Lundie 

 Spence, UNC Sea Grant's marine 

 education specialist, and Vivian Bar- i 

 bee Coxe, is a marine education primer 

 designed to provide elementary grade 

 teachers with activities or "capers" 

 that introduce the marine environ- 

 ment. The primer also may be used by 

 teachers with remedial or special 

 education students, or by 4-H and 

 scout leaders. The 20 capers are 

 designed to motivate students to learn 

 basic skills in science, math, language 

 arts, social studies and art. 



To order the illustrated primer, 

 write UNC Sea Grant. Ask for UNC- 

 SG-84-05. The cost is $3.50. 



Coastwatch is published monthly 

 except July and December by the Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, 105 1911 Building, 

 Box 8605, North Carolina State Uni- 

 versity, Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. Vol. 

 12, No. 1, January, 1985. Dr. B.J. 

 Copeland, director. Kathy Hart, 

 editor. Nancy Davis and Sarah Fri- 

 day, staff writers. 



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