wouldn't be ready until this summer, 

 Marine Resources Center Director 

 Rhett White offered the crustacean 

 refuge there. 



Probably the largest and oldest 

 lobster in captivity, Harold has been a 

 major attraction at the center since his 

 arrival. If you want to catch Harold's 

 show before he moves on, visit the cen- 

 ter located on Airport Road north of 

 Manteo on Roanoke Island. Center 

 hours are Monday through Friday, 9 

 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends, 1 to 5 

 p.m. 



K ing mackerel won't take the only 

 prizes at this year's Scotts Hill King 

 Mackerel Tournament. The largest 

 amberjack, a traditionally un- 

 derutilized species, will also earn a 

 prize. 



As part of his National Marine 

 Fisheries Service grant to increase the 

 use of underutilized species by 

 recreational anglers, Marine Advisory 

 Services Director Jim Murray will of- 

 fer samples of cooked amberjack to 

 tournament participants. 



The tournament is scheduled for 

 May 30 through June 1 at the Scotts 

 Hill Marina in Scotts Hill, N.C. For 

 entry rules, write the marina at Rt. 1, 

 Box 541 AC, 'Wilmington, N.C. 28405. 



To help fishermen avoid costly 

 hangs that can destroy nets and waste 

 precious fishing time, UNC Sea Grant 

 offers Hangs and Obstructions to 

 Trawl Fishing. The book was com- 



piled from the records of trawler cap- 

 tains, who were willing to share their 

 hang logs with others. It lists hangs by 

 loran headings and covers waters off 

 the Atlantic Coast from Cape Cod to 

 Florida. 



For a copy of the book, write UNC 

 Sea Grant. Ask for UNC-SG-83-01. 

 The cost is $2. 



Crab shedding has 

 become a booming 

 seasonal business in 

 coastal North Carolina. 

 But before setting up 

 your shedders, read 

 UNC Sea Grant's latest 

 Blueprint, Estimating Cash Flow 

 Generated by Crab Shedding En- 

 terprises. In this blueprint, Jim 

 Easley, an extension economist at 

 North Carolina State University, 

 shows fishermen, in a step-by-step 

 manner, how to estimate net cash flow 

 for two types of shedding systems — 

 floating and flow-through. Floating 

 systems use cages in a natural body of 

 water to hold peelers during shedding. 

 Flow-through systems are onshore 

 shedding facilities that pump natural 

 water through tanks and return it to 

 its source. 



This blueprint is a supplement to A 

 Guide to Soft Shell Crabbing, a 

 UNC Sea Grant publication written 

 by marine advisory specialist Wayne 

 Wescott. For a free copy of the 

 blueprint, write UNC Sea Grant. Ask 



for UNC-SG-BP-85-2. For a free copy 

 of A Guide to Soft Shell Crabbing, 

 ask for UNC-SG-84-01. 



The N.C. Marine Resources Center 

 at Bogue Banks has the right touch 

 when it comes to kids. There, children 

 of all ages can learn about marine life 

 firsthand with two new touch tanks 

 scheduled to open in April. 



The tanks will model North Caro- 

 lina's rock jetties and the animals that 

 are found near them. Horseshoe crabs, 

 sea urchins, starfish, spider crabs, 

 toadfish and other fish will be swim- 

 ming and crawling in the tanks, says 

 Mark Joyner, aquarium specialist with 

 the N.C. Office of Marine Affairs. And 

 with each tank about three feet deep, 

 says Joyner, there will be a lot of 

 creatures to see and touch. 



The official dedication of the tanks 

 will be May 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the 

 center. 



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. 4, April, 1985. Dr. B.J. Cope- 

 land, director. Kathy Hart, editor. 

 Nancy Davis and Sarah Friday, staff 

 writers. 



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