ment of Sociology, Anthropology and 

 Economics, East Carolina University, 

 Greenville, N.C. 27834 or call 919/757- 

 6883. For registration information, call 

 the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences 

 at 919/726-6841 or the Duke Univer- 

 sity Marine Laboratory at 919/728- 

 2111. 



UnC Sea Grant was awarded 

 $1,210,000 in federal funds for 1985 by 

 the National Sea Grant College 

 Program, which is part of the National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- 

 tion. This will be the first year of an 

 approved three-year grant cycle. The 

 program will receive an additional 

 $605,000 in state matching funds 

 through the N.C. Office of Marine 

 Affairs. 



To focus scientific attention on the 

 possibilities of marine biotechnology, 

 UNC Sea Grant, the North Carolina 

 Biotechnology Center, the University 

 of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

 Program in Molecular Biology and the 

 UNC-Chapel Hill Marine Science 

 Program will sponsor a conference 

 March 24 to 26 at the Quail Roost 

 Conference Center. 



Conference participants will identify 

 prospects for specific, scientific ap- 

 plications of biotechnology to marine 

 phenomena. For more information 

 about the event, write conference 

 organizer Dirk Frankenberg at the 

 Marine Science Curriculum, 12-5 

 Venable Hall 045-A, UNC-Chapel 

 Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 or call 

 919/962-1252. 



The Use of a Flat- 

 I Plate Current Meter 



I ^ '"yfr—A Nearshore Flows, by 

 ylM^ J ^-^^ Hollingsworth and 



\^ V/ ^-^^ Sorrell of the 



\ V NCSU Department of 

 — Mechanical and 

 Aerospace Engineering and T.B. Cur- 

 tin of the NCSU Department of 

 Marine, Earth and Atmospheric 

 Sciences, describes how a flat-plate 

 current meter can be used to measure 

 currents in nearshore waters. Measur- 

 ing currents by conventional 

 oceanographic techniques is difficult 

 and often inaccurate. This new device 

 will make accurate measurements 

 more easily obtainable. And the 

 measurement of water velocity and 

 temperature in nearshore areas can 

 provide information useful for proper 

 management. 



For a copy of this paper, write UNC 

 Sea Grant. Ask for UNC-SG-WP-84-5. 

 The cost is $2.25. 



Research for Managing the Na- 

 tion's Estuaries: Proceedings of a 

 Conference in Raleigh, North 

 Carolina includes the challenges, 

 papers and discussion presented at the 

 first National Estuarine Symposium 

 last year. The 420-page book was 

 edited by UNC Sea Grant Director 

 B.J. Copeland and the Sea Grant com- 

 munications staff — Kathy Hart, 

 Nancy Davis and Sarah Friday. For a 

 copy of the book, write UNC Sea 

 Grant. Ask for publication UNC-SG- 

 84-08. The cost is $8. 



The N.C. Division of Marine 

 Fisheries will hold a series of public 

 meetings to find out how recreational 

 fishermen want additional Dingell- 

 Johnson funds to be spent (See story, 

 p. 5). The meetings will be held at 7:30 

 p.m. at the following locations: March 

 6, Kermit E. White Continuing 

 Education Building, Elizabeth City 

 State University, Elizabeth City; 

 March 7, Willis Building Auditorium, 

 East Carolina University, Greenville; 

 March 12, Holiday Inn North, 

 Winston-Salem; March 13, Room 119 

 in the new court facilities of the Cum- 

 berland County Courthouse, Fayette- 

 ville; and March 14, Room 302, New 

 Hanover County Courthouse, 

 Wilmington. 



For more information, contact the 

 Division of Marine Fisheries at 1-800- 

 682-2632. 



A reminder: The North Carolina 

 Commercial Fishing Show will be held 

 March 15 to 17 at the Crystal Coast 

 Civic Center in Morehead City. 



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. 2, February, 1985. Dr. B.J. 

 Copeland, director. Kathy Hart, 

 editor. Nancy Davis and Sarah Fri- 

 day, staff writers. 



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