Coastwatch 



Coastwatch Staff: 



Kathy Hart, Managing Editor 



C.R. Edgerton and Carla B. Burgess, 



Staff Writers and Editors 

 L. Noble, Designer 

 Julie Snyder and Debra Lynch, 



Circulation Managers 



The University of North Carolina Sea 

 Grant College Program is a federal/state 

 program that promotes the wise use of our 

 coastal and marine resources through 

 research, extension and education. It joined 

 the National Sea Grant College Network in 

 1970 as an institutional program. Six years 

 later, it was designated a Sea Grant College. 

 Today, UNC Sea Grant supports several 

 research projects, an 11-member extension 

 program and three communicators. B.J. 

 Copeland is director. The program is 

 funded by the U.S. Department of 

 Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmo- 

 spheric Administration and the state 

 through the University of North Carolina. 



Change of address, subscription 

 information or editorial correspon- 

 dence: Coastwatch, UNC Sea Grant, Box 

 8605, N.C State University, Raleigh, NC 

 27695. Telephone: 919/515-2454. Please use 

 the subscriber number that appears on your 

 label when changing addresses. Coastwatch 

 is published six times a year. A year's 

 subscription is $12. 



Postmaster: Send address changes to 

 Coastwatch, UNC Sea Grant, Box 8605, 

 Noith Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 

 27695. 



Front Cover photo of a short-billed dowitcher by 

 James Pamell 



Inside front cover photo of laughing gulls by 

 J. Foster Scott 



Back cover photo of shorebirds by 

 Steve Murray 



Printed on Recycled Paper 



