Meet the Sea Grant 

 team. Howard Kerby in 

 the laboratory as he ge- 

 netically manipulates 

 fish stocks. Bob Chris- 

 tian, Hans Paerl and Don 

 Stanley as they test the 



waters for blue-green algae. Lundie 

 Spence as she ignites the marine edu- 

 cation fire. These Sea Grant team 

 members and others are pictured in 

 the pages of Sea Grant in North Caro- 

 lina 1983-1984, the program's biennial 

 report. 



The 40-page report covers two years 

 of Sea Grant research and Marine 

 Advisory Service efforts and accom- 

 plishments. You'll learn how research- 

 er Mark Sobsey perfected his method 

 for detecting hepatitis A in shellfish, 

 how food scientist Tyre Lanier devel- 

 oped an edible minced fish product 

 from the lowly menhaden, and how 

 advisory agent Wayne Wescott helped 

 the soft-shell crab business boom in 

 northeastern North Carolina. 



For a free copy of this report, write 

 UNC Sea Grant. Ask for UNC-SG- 

 85-05. 



Joyce Taylor, Sea Grant's seafood 

 agent at the NCSU Seafood Labora- 

 tory in Morehead City, has received an 

 award from N.C. State University for 

 distinguished performance. Taylor was 

 among 23 recipients of the award this 

 year. In a letter to Taylor, J.E. Legates, 

 Dean of the NCSU School of Agricul- 

 ture and Life Sciences, commended 

 Taylor for her "dedicated service to 

 the university." 



®Each year, thou- 

 sands of North Carolini- 

 ans enjoy reeling in 

 catches on the state's 34 

 fishing piers. And these 

 piers contribute signifi- 

 cantly to the local econ- 

 omies where they are located. 



For years, the pier owners have 

 grappled with the idea of improving 

 pier fishing by concentrating fish near 

 the pier. But traditional artificial reef 

 development hasn't been feasible. In 

 1984, Sea Grant Marine Advisory Ser- 

 vice Director Jim Murray and UNC at 

 Wilmington biologist David Lindquist 



tested a new idea in artificial reefs. 

 They placed fish aggregating devices, 

 or floating reefs, off of piers at Wrights- 

 ville Beach. 



Murray and Lindquist gathered data 

 for each pier before and after the de- 

 vices were installed. Now, the research- 

 ers have published their findings in a 

 report. The Use of Midwater Fish 

 Aggregating Devices to Attract Marine 

 Fish at Two North Carolina Fishing 

 Piers. For a copy of the report, write 

 Sea Grant. Ask for UNC-SG-WP-85-1. 

 The cost is $2. 



Coastwatch is published monthly 

 except July and December by the 

 University of North Carolina Sea 

 Grant College Program, 105 1911 Build- 

 ing, Box 8605, North Carolina State 

 University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. 

 Vol. 13, No. 2, February, 1986. Dr. B.J. 

 Copeland, director. Kathy Hart, edi- 

 tor. Nancy Davis and Sarah Friday, 

 staff writers. 



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