letter and entitles members to reduced 

 rates on diving trips. 



Membership is open to anyone in 

 the state, but most of the approx- 

 imately 75 members are Research 

 Triangle area residents. The fee is $15 

 per year. For information about join- 

 ing the Wreck Divers' Association, 

 write Murray at Sea Grant, Box 8605, 

 NCSU, Raleigh, N.C. 27695-8605, or 

 call 919/737-2454. 



Shape up for summer 

 with seafood. Joyce 

 Taylor, Sea Grant's 

 seafood agent at the 

 NCSU Seafood Labora- 

 tory in Morehead City, 

 reports that seafood is 

 not only high in protein, vitamins and 

 minerals; it's also low in calories, fat 

 and cholesterol. 



For example, an average portion of 

 fish generally provides about half the 

 recommended daily allowance of 

 protein for adults. And shrimp con- 

 tains about 20 percent protein — more 



than in hamburger, sirloin steak or 

 pork. 



The percentage of fat and calories 

 found in most fish is low when com- 

 pared to other meats. A 3i/2-ounce 

 hamburger contains about 21 percent 

 fat and 268 calories. The same portion 

 of some fish may contain less than a 

 percent of fat and only about 75 

 calories. (Values will differ for each 

 species of fish.) 



Compared to other protein sources, 

 fish contain small amounts of 

 cholesterol and the saturated fats that 

 have been linked to heart disease, says 

 Taylor. Most fish contain healthy con- 

 centrations of trace elements, minerals 

 and amino acids. 



The N. C. National Estuarine 

 Sanctuary is accepting proposals for 

 federally funded research in the four 

 components of the state's sanctuary 

 system — Zeke's Island, Rachel Carson 

 (Carrot Island, Bird Shoals), 

 Currituck Banks and Masonboro 

 Island. Awards will be made to pro- 



jects that enhance scientific un- 

 derstanding of sanctuary ecosystems 

 and provide information for coastal 

 management decision makers. 



All proposals must be received by 

 June 15. For a copy of the guidelines 

 and the necessary forms, write: 

 Sanctuary Analyst, N.C. National Es- 

 tuarine Sanctuary, Division of Natural 

 Resources and Community Develop- 

 ment, Coastal Management, Raleigh, 

 N.C. 27611-7687. 



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. 5, May, 1985. Dr. B.J. 

 Copeland, director. Kathy Hart, 

 editor. Nancy Davis and Sarah Fri- 

 day, staff writers. 



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