IT^S ALL IN A 



DAY'S WORK 



You have a question about shedding 

 blue crabs. 



You try the hbrary, friends, neigh- 

 bors. But you get only bits and pieces 

 of information, not a complete picture. 



Then someone mentions Sea Grant's 

 Marine Advisory Service. You call 473- 

 3937, and at the end of the line is a man 

 with all the answers. 



He's Wayne Wescott — one of 12 

 marine advisers helping the public 

 answer questions about the coast and 

 its use. 



These marine advisers make Sea 

 Grant more than research. 



They're extension agents who trans- 

 late scientific and technical informa- 

 tion into layman's terms. Then they 

 make sure that information gets put to 

 use. 



That may mean helping a beach- 

 front homeowner make his house more 

 storm-resistant or showing a farmer 

 how to raise striped bass hybrids. 



Every day is different. No two ques- 

 tions are the same. 



That's why we want to introduce 

 you to our team of experts. 



8 a.m. TheS ea Grant offices in Man- 

 teo, Aurora, Pine Knoll Shores, More- 

 head City, Raleigh and Ft. Fisher open 

 their doors. Rich Novak in Manteo and 

 Jim Bahen in Wrightsville Beach have 

 already been at work for two hours. 



Novak and Bahen start the day at 

 their respective diners, collecting local 

 news and brainstorming ideas. 



Novak, the marine recreation spe- 

 cialist, works closely with local busi- 

 nesses and organizations to promote 

 tourism in the area. 



Breakfast is business for him. 



8:30 a.m. Novak heads his four- 

 wheel drive for Hatteras. A surf fishing 

 tournament has lured more than 50 

 teams to the Outer Banks for the prom- 



Rich Novak (right) 



ise of a catch. Novak conducts infor- 

 mal interviews to see how the tourna- 

 ment affects the economy. 



He tabulates preliminary figures in 

 his head and comes up with good 

 results. The tournament created signif- 

 icant incomes for motels, restaurants, 

 tackle shops and grocers in the area. 



9 a.m. A bell jingles overhead as Jim 

 Bahen steps through the door of a 

 Wrightsville Beach marine supply store. 

 "Frog, are you ready for the tour- 



nament?" the store's owner asks. 



Bahen nods. His raspy voice has 

 earned him his nickname, but his 

 knowledge of the fisheries has gained 

 him respect. 



He's stopped by to see how many 

 anglers are expected for the Wrights- 

 ville Beach King Mackerel Tourna- 

 ment that begins the next day. 



Jim Bahen 



Bahen makes plans to distribute 

 boards for measuring the kings and 

 recording catch data. The National 

 Marine Fisheries Service will use the 

 information to assess fisheries stocks. 



9:30 a.m. Lundie Spence prepares 

 for class. 



She packs her materials, enthusiasm 

 and ideas and dashes off to a classroom 

 of student teachers in Wake County. 



Lundie Spence 



