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Coastwatch wants to hear from you 

 on topics relating to the North Carolina 

 coast. Letters should be no longer than 

 250 words and should contain the 

 author's name, address and telephone 

 number. Letters may be edited for style. 

 Send all correspondence to Coastwatch, 

 UNC Sea Grant, Box 8605, N.C. State 

 University, Raleigh, NC 27695. Opin- 

 ions expressed on this page are not 

 necessarily those of UNC Sea Grant 

 employees and staff. 



Thanks for the Memories 



Dear Coastwatch: 



Just a short note to express how 

 much we enjoy your publication 

 Coastwatch. We have received this 

 pamphlet since purchasing our home on 

 the Outer Banks in '85. While so much 

 of the information is totally distant to 

 fishing styles and land lore here in Ohio 

 (12 hours away from the Outer Banks), 

 we thoroughly appreciate receiving your 

 journal — especially during the winter 

 months, as it gives us a vision to shoot 

 for when we make plans for beach- 

 combing in the spring, summer and fall 

 as time permits. 



Your staff does an outstanding job 

 in making Coastwatch informative in 

 layman's terms and professional in 

 style. We particularly enjoy the helpful 

 hints (i.e. weather, seafood awareness, 

 construction, erosion trends, etc.). Keep 

 up the good job! 



Daryl Huff, 



Dalton, Ohio 



Thanks for the kind words and deep 

 devotion. Coastwatch appreciates loyal 

 readers like yourself, especially ones 

 from outside the state. We were sur- 

 prised to learn during our last reader 

 survey that one-third of our subscribers 

 are out-of- staters. Many of these folks 

 are former North Carolinians who want 

 to stay in touch with their homeland. 

 Others are regular summer vacationers 

 who like to stay abreast of their favorite 



summer destination year-round. 

 Whatever the case, Coastwatch says 

 thanks for subscribing. 



More About Shrimp Cages 



Dear Coastwatch: 



On page 20 of the November/ 

 December 1991 issue, you ran a letter 

 from Billie Hayden, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 

 regard to "Cagin' Shrimp." 



The letter stirred my mental file of 

 things I plan to do when I retire, 

 somewhere around the year 2025. 

 Locked away in there, somewhere, was 

 an image of vertically suspended shrimp 

 traps that had appeared in National 

 Fisherman magazine some years ago. A 

 quick note to, and response from, Susie 

 Underwood, the librarian at National 

 Fisherman, confirmed my memory. 



I immediately pulled out my 

 December 1984 copy of National 

 Fisherman (I save everything of 

 importance, including every Coastwatch 

 since 1980) and copied the article, which 

 I have enclosed here for your review. 



You may wish to simply forward a 

 copy to Mrs. Hayden. However, I 

 believe Coastwatch readers would enjoy 

 seeing a reprint in an upcoming issue, 

 provided of course that you are able to 

 obtain the necessary permission from 

 National Fisherman. 



If you do run a reprint, please 

 mention special thanks to Ms. 

 Underwood. The folks at National 

 Fisherman, like Coastwatch, are great 

 people. 



Thanks for the opportunity to share 

 this material. 



Cornelius Cummings, 

 Allentown, Pa. 



Thank you Mr. Cummings for all of 

 your diligent research. We will forward 

 a copy of the National Fisherman article 

 to Mrs. Hayden and to anyone else who 

 requests it. Unfortunately, we don 't have 

 the space to reprint the article, which 

 was written by Duncan Amos, a Georgia 



Sea Grant specialist. If you'd like a 

 reprint of the article, write "Shrimp 

 Cage, " UNC Sea Grant, Box 8605, N.C. 

 State University, Raleigh, NC 27695. 



A Topical Discussion 



Dear Coastwatch: 



Thank you for the wonderful articles 

 about the return of the brown pelicans. 

 I've been vacationing on the Outer 

 Banks (Currituck) for several years now, 

 and I always enjoy seeing these funny, 

 yet graceful, birds during walks along 

 the beach. It's refreshing to read a story 

 about a threatened/endangered species 

 making a comeback as opposed to other 

 species which continue to decline. 



I also was very pleased with the 

 series of articles about Currituck and its 

 history. My family and I love the little 

 town of Corolla, though I am a bit 

 saddened every year to see the inevitable 

 increase in development along the coast. 

 In my delight at discovering Corolla and 

 the Outer Banks, I guess I've become a 

 bit selfish in wanting to keep it all to 

 myself (I can only imagine how the 

 natives must feel). 



Might you have plans in the future 

 for any articles on the lighthouses of the 

 coast or the possibility of oil exploration 

 by Mobil? Thank you again and keep up 

 the good work. 



Meredith Zimmerman, 



Washington, D.C. 



We 're glad you are enjoying 

 Coastwatch. We're keeping an eye on 

 the oil exploration issue. As it is now, 

 Congressman Walter B. Jones has 

 introduced legislation to buy back the 

 leases, and Mobil has indicated it would 

 be willing to sell them. However, these 

 actions are pending. We'll let you know 

 what happens. As for lighthouses, we've 

 had numerous requests for a Coastwatch 

 on these coastal beacons. But because of 

 the availability of several books on the 

 lighthouses, we've never pursued the 

 topic. We may, however, reconsider. 



24 MAY/JUNE 1992 



