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Coastwatch Staff: 



Kathy Hart, Managing Editor 



Jeannie Faris Norris and Daun Daemon, 



Senior Editors 

 L. Noble, Designer 

 Sandra Harris, Circulation Manager 



The 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, North Carolina 

 Sea Grant supports several research 

 projects, a 12-member extension program 

 and a communications staff. Ron Hodson 

 is interim 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. 



Coastwatch (ISSN 1068-784X) is 

 published bimonthly, six times a year, 

 for $15 by the North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, Box 8605, N.C. State 

 University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. 

 Telephone: 919/515-2454. Fax: 919/515- 

 7095. E-mail: k_hart@ncsu.edu. World 

 Wide Web address: http://www2.ncsu.edu/ 

 ncsu/CIL/sea_grant/index.html. Second- 

 Class Postage paid at Raleigh, N.C. 



POSTMASTER: Send address changes 

 to Coastwatch, North Carolina Sea Grant, 

 Box 8605, N.C. State University, Raleigh, 

 NC 27695-8605. 



Front cover photo of some tools of the 

 trade in biotechnology research. 



Inside front cover photo of sea oats by 

 Michael Kane. 



Printed on recycled paper. 



