SEA GRANT 



A NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE 



There's a Sea Grant 

 program in every 

 coastal state and 

 Puerto Rico 



UNC Sea Grant is not alone. 



Twenty-nine similar programs can be found 

 in every coastal and Great Lakes state in the 

 United States, plus Puerto Rico. 



Sea Grant is a network. 



The programs work to solve the problems 

 particular to our nation's coastal and Great 

 Lakes regions. 



Problems like declining fish stocks, contam- 

 inants in coastal waters, waste disposal and 

 corrosion have Sea Grant scientists standing 

 long hours over microscopes and sampling fish 

 stocks in ice-cold waters. 



Other times Sea Grant gives a research boost 

 to budding marine industries such as the calico 

 scallop fishery, hybrid striped bass aquacul- 

 ture and the cultivation of crawfish. 



Since many marine problems know no state 

 boundaries. Sea Grant research can be shared 



from state to state or region to region. 

 Or programs can tackle problems together. 

 A few examples are: 



• The North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland 

 and Delaware Sea Grant programs investi- 

 gated the reasons behind declining stocks of 

 striped bass. 



• Sea Grant researchers from New York, 

 Virginia, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and 

 North Carolina are helping processors turn 

 underutilized fish species into pseudo seafood 

 products. 



• The Marine Advisory Service programs in 

 the Southeast — from North Carolina to Texas 

 — funded a shrimp trawl film that has shown 

 hundreds of shrimpers more about the catch- 

 ing ability of various nets. 



And the Sea Grant network shares its marine 

 advisory experts and their knowledge. 



Fisheries agent Wayne Wescott visited Texas 

 to show marine advisory agents and local 

 fishermen the basics of shedding soft shell 

 crabs. 



In South Carolina, coastal engineer Spencer 

 Rogers explained the benefits of hurricane- 

 resistant construction techniques to the state's 

 building code council. 



As recipients of knowledge and expertise. 

 North Carolina fishermen are wiser after 

 instruction about longlining from Texas agent 

 Gary Graham and about the shrimp gear from 

 Georgia agent Jack Rivers. 



All of this sharing among programs makes 

 each Sea Grant program more knowledgeable 

 and the network a reliable, ever-expanding 

 source of marine information. 



Call Sea Grant if you want to plug into a 

 network of marine research and expertise. 



