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"The Back Page" is an update on Sea 

 Grant activities — on research, marine 

 education and advisory services. It's 

 also a good place to find out about 

 meetings, workshops and new publi- 

 cations. For more information on any 

 of the projects described, contact the 

 Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737- 

 2454). For copies of publications, 

 write UNC Sea Grant, NCSU, Box 

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



Sportfishing tourna- 

 ments are nothing new. 

 But how about a tour- 

 nament that awards 

 purses to the fishermen 

 who land the biggest 

 amber jack, jack crevalle 

 or spadefish? As stocks of popular fish 

 dwindle, tournament officials are like- 

 ly to include a broader range of fish on 

 their list of target species, says Jim 

 Murray, Sea Grant's Marine Advisory 

 Service director. 



To help incorporate underutilized 

 species in tournaments, David Griffith 

 and Jeff Johnson, anthropologists 

 from East Carolina University's Insti- 

 tute for Coastal and Marine Resources, 

 and Murray have written a guide. 

 Using N ontraditional Fish in Saltwater 

 Sportfishing Tournaments. The re- 

 port, published by Sea Grant, is part of 

 a National Marine Fisheries Service 

 study designed to promote underuti- 

 lized species. 



The researchers examine the bene- 

 fits of adding underutilized species to 

 existing tournaments and of creating a 

 new tournament specifically for them. 



To demonstrate the possibilities, the 

 researchers tested their ideas. They 

 worked with officials of a king mack- 

 erel tournament to add an amberjack 

 category. And, in cooperation with the 

 South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, 

 they organized a new tournament for 

 underutilized species in Beaufort 

 County, S.C. 



Using N ontraditional Fish in Salt- 

 water Sportfishing Tournaments out- 

 lines the researchers' findings and sug- 

 gestions. For a free copy, write Sea 

 Grant. Ask for UNC-SG-86-05. 



For avid saltwater an- 

 glers, there's nothing else 

 like them. Fishermen 

 look forward to them, 

 plan their vacations 

 around them and take 

 their whole families to 

 them. What could work an angler into 

 such a fishing frenzy? A saltwater 

 sportfishing tournament, of course. 



From late May until early Novem- 

 ber, it's tournament season. That 

 means anglers flock to the coast for a 

 week or weekend of competitive fish- 

 ing pleasure. Fishing clubs, marinas 

 and piers sponsor the tournaments in 

 locations all along the North Carolina 

 coast. 



This year, Jim Bahen, Sea Grant's 

 marine advisory agent in Wilmington, 

 and his assistant, Gail Miller, called 

 tournament officials from Currituck to 

 Calabash to pin down dates and spon- 

 sors. The result is a brochure, "1986 

 North Carolina Saltwater Sportfishing 

 Tournament Guide," published by Sea 

 Grant. The brochure lists many of the 

 tournaments and the North Carolina 

 saltwater sportfishing records. 



For a copy of this free brochure, write 

 Sea Grant. Ask for UNC-SG-86-04. 



Sea Grant is offering a marine pol- 

 icy fellowship for graduate study lead- 

 ing to a master's degree in the Depart- 

 ment of Sociology, Anthropology and 

 Economics at ECU. The fellowship, 

 which is administered through the 

 ECU Institute for Coastal and Marine 

 Resources, provides a student with a 

 $6,000 stipend, full tuition and fees 

 (including out-of-state tuition), and 

 funds for supplies, travel and other 

 research expenses. The graduate stu- 

 dent will work with Michael Orbach, a 

 maritime anthropologist in the de- 

 partment, on marine policy issues. 



Applicants should submit complete 

 transcripts, graduate record examina- 

 tion scores, a statement of interest and 

 at least three references to Orbach at 

 the Institute for Coastal and Marine 

 Resources, ECU, Greenville, N.C. 

 27834. For more information, call 

 Orbach at 919/757-6883 or 757-6779. 



Sea Grant researcher Michael Or- 

 bach, a maritime anthropologist at 

 ECU, will offer a course on marine 

 policy at the Duke University Marine 

 Laboratory from July 14 to August 15. 



The course introduces students and 

 professionals to marine policy and 

 policymaking. The history of marine 

 organizations, legislation and issues 

 will be traced, and their effects on 

 local, regional, national and interna- 

 tional arenas will be explored. 



Students in the course may receive 

 credit from either the University of 

 North Carolina at Chapel Hill or Duke 

 University. For more information, 

 write Orbach at the Department of 

 Sociology, Anthropology and Eco- 

 nomics, ECU, Greenville, N.C. 27834, 

 or call 919/757-6883. For registration 

 information, call the UNC Institute of 

 Marine Sciences at 919/726-6841 or the 

 Duke University Marine Laboratory at 

 919/728-2111. 



Get beached at sum- 

 mer camp this year! Re- 

 treat to Pine Knoll 

 Shores to join the state 

 4-H program, UNC Sea 

 Grant and the N.C. 

 Marine Resources Cen- 

 ter for the "4-H Marine Environment 

 Workshop, " July 20 to 25. This unique 

 summer camp will give students ages 

 14 to 18 the opportunity to examine 

 North Carolina's marine resources and 

 to increase their awareness of ecolog- 

 ical problems affecting marine life. 

 Workshop participants also can explore 

 careers in marine-related fields. 



Program activities for the week in- 

 clude a marsh habitat study, an ocean 

 beach investigation, snorkeling, a ride 

 on a fishing trawler and field trips. The 

 workshop will be held at the N.C. 

 Marine Resources Center at Pine Knoll 

 Shores, with lodging and other activi- 

 ties at the Mitchell 4-H Camp in 

 Swansboro. 



The workshop is limited to 40 partic- 

 ipants. Persons who attended previous 

 4-H marine environment workshops 

 are not eligible, and 4-H membership 



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