Kerby, a UNC Sea Grant researcher, 

 will conduct the programs. Anyone in- 

 terested in aquaculture is invited to 

 participate. 



Cost for the workshop is $60. The 

 fee includes the sessions, publications, 

 some meals and lodging. A maximum 

 of 15 people will be accepted on a first- 

 come, first-serve basis. For registration 

 information, write Hodson at Sea 

 Grant, or call 919/737-2454. 



North Carolina's 

 coastal resources extend 

 beyond the sand and surf 

 to an extensive estuarine 

 system that serves as 

 nursery grounds for com- 

 mercially important fish 

 and shellfish. The system is com- 

 plicated, and many people do not un- 

 derstand it. That's why scientists and 

 resource managers offered a public 

 symposium on the Pamlico River Es- 

 tuary March 19 in Washington, N.C. 



The three-part program offered dis- 

 cussions on the river's fisheries, with 

 Terry Sholar, a marine biologist at the 

 N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries; the 

 estuarine ecosystem and how it func- 

 tions, by UNC Sea Grant Director 

 B.J. Copeland; and how people con- 

 cerned about the estuary can get in- 

 volved in the decision-making process, 

 with John Phillips, executive director 

 of the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation. 



The symposium was sponsored by 

 UNC Sea Grant, the N.C. Division of 

 Marine Fisheries and the Pamlico-Tar 

 River Foundation. For more informa- 

 tion about the foundation, call Phillips 

 at 919/975-3680. 



North Carolina Gov. James G. 

 Martin recently appointed three UNC 

 Sea Grant scientists to the state 

 Marine Fisheries Commission. Sea 

 Grant Director B.J. Copeland; Charles 

 Peterson, marine biology professor at 

 the University of North Carolina at 

 Chapel Hill; and Michael Orbach, an 

 anthropologist at East Carolina Uni- 

 versity, were among 14 selected to 

 serve on the commission. The commis- 

 sion, which is made up of commercial 

 and recreational fishermen, researchers 

 and processors, is responsible for for- 

 mulating fisheries policy. 



Joyce Taylor, Sea 

 Grant's seafood agent at 

 the NCSU Seafood Lab 

 in Morehead City, has 

 completed a slide show 

 and script on seafood 

 care and handling. The 

 project, sponsored by the Mid- 

 Atlantic Fisheries Development Foun- 

 dation, was designed for teachers and 

 extension and advisory agents in the 

 mid-Atlantic states. The slide show ex- 

 plains step-by-step methods for 



selecting, preserving and dressing fresh 

 finfish and shellfish. 



If you'd like to borrow the slides and 

 script, contact Taylor at the NCSU 

 Seafood Laboratory, P.O. Drawer 

 1137, Morehead City, N.C. 28557, or 

 call (919)726-7341. 



The staff of Coastwatch wants to 

 remind you we're purging our mailing 

 list. We are required by North 

 Carolina law to ask readers 

 periodically if they would like to con- 

 tinue receiving our publication. If you 

 did not mail us the card in last month's 

 issue, you may still use it or send us 

 your name, address, zip code and the 

 number above your name on your 

 mailing label. If we do not receive this 

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 longer be sent to you. 



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. 3, March, 1985. Dr. B.J. 

 Copeland, director. Kathy Hart, 

 editor. Nancy Davis and Sarah Fri- 

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