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Coastwatch Staff: 



Kathy Hart, Managing Editor 



Jeannie Fans and Carta 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 Atmospheric 

 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, N.C. State University, Raleigh, 

 NC 27695. 



Front cover photo of blue crabs 

 by Scott Taylor. 



Inside front cover photo of floating 

 shedding trays by Lundie Spence. 



t m j Printed on recycled paper. 



