tion, it may help support the conten- 

 tion that more funding is needed for 

 recreational fisheries development and 

 management. 



Larry Cahoon, a biologist at the 

 University of North Carolina at 

 Wilmington, has been awarded a mini- 

 grant to study the distribution of 

 benthic microalgae on the outer con- 

 tinental shelf. Cahoon believes the 

 algae may be important in the overall 

 productivity of the continental shelf 

 since it may provide an important food 

 source for a variety of organisms. 



Previously, scientists believed the 

 waters of the continental shelf were too 

 deep to allow penetration of enough 

 light for algae to grow. But in 

 preliminary work completed under 

 another mini-grant, Cahoon found 

 large populations of the microalgae. 



Sea Grant researcher Hans Paerl 

 will travel to Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 30 

 to participate in a United Nations 

 Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

 Organization symposium on the com- 

 parative ecology of aquatic environ- 



ments. Paerl will join scientists from 

 other nations to discuss the charac- 

 teristics and functioning of freshwater 

 and coastal marine ecosystems. 



a The N.C. Depart- 

 ment of Natural 

 Resources and Com- 

 munity Development's 

 Division of Environmen- 

 tal Management is 

 holding a technical ses- 

 sion and public hearing on special 

 water quality criteria for primary nur- 

 sery areas. The technical session is 10 

 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 

 16 at Carteret Technical College in 

 Morehead City. A public hearing will 

 follow at 7 p.m. 



In the technical session, UNC Sea 

 Grant Director B.J. Copeland and 

 researchers Hans Paerl, Don Stanley, 

 Wayne Skaggs, Wendell Gilliam, Len 

 Pietrafesa and John Miller will present 

 technical information they've obtained 

 through their Sea Grant projects. 



Public hearings will also be held in 

 Wilmington on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. at 

 Cape Fear Technical Institute and in 

 Washington, N.C, on Sept. 23 at 7 



p.m. in the Beaufort County 

 courthouse. 



A summary of the proposed water 

 quality criteria can be obtained by 

 contacting the Division of Environ- 

 mental Management at 919/733-5083. 



The UNC Sea Grant Program will 

 be reviewed for recertification October 

 8-11 at the Carolina Inn in Chapel 

 Hill. A team of scientists and ad- 

 ministrators will review the program's 

 progress, direction and impact on 

 coastal North Carolina since its 

 original certification as a college 

 program in 1976. 



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. 7, August, 1985. Dr. B.J. 

 Copeland, director. Kathy Hart, 

 editor. Nancy Davis and Sarah Fri- 

 day, staff writers. 



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