Coastwatch 



COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Managing Editor 

 Katie Mosher 



Senior Editors 

 Ann Green 

 Pam Smith 



Contributing Editor 

 Cynthia Henderson 



Designer 

 L. Noble 



Circulation Manager 

 Sandra Harris 



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 15-member extension program and a 

 communications staff. Ron Hodson 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. 

 Coastwatch (ISSN 1068-784X) 

 is published six times a year by the 

 North Carolina Sea Grant College Program, 

 North Carolina State University, Box 8605, 

 Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8605. 

 Telephone: 919/515-2454. Fax: 919/515-7095. 

 Subscriptions are $15. 

 E-mail: katie_mosher@ncsu.edu 

 World Wide Web address: 

 http://www.ncsu.edu/seagrant 

 Periodical Postage paid at Raleigh, N.C. 



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Coastwatch. North Carolina Sea Grant, 

 North Carolina State University, Box 8605, 

 Raleigh, NC 27695-8605. 



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Front cover photo of pound net poles 

 and Table of Contents photo of 



boat by Michael Halminski. 

 Printed on recycled paper. ® 



Aquaculture Development Conference Set 



The North Carolina Aquaculture 

 Development Conference will be held Jan. 

 1 7-1 9 at the Atlantic Beach Sheraton. 



The program includes farm tours, 

 workshops and presentations designed to 

 help start-ups and established fresh and 

 saltwater operations. Luncheon keynote 

 speaker Dan Wilkerson, agricultural 

 reporter for WRAL-TV, will look at 

 "Aquaculture Across North Carolina." 



North Carolina Sea Grant aquacul- 

 ture specialists Skip Kemp and Marc 

 Turano will share their expertise during 

 panel discussions on Friday and work- 



shops on Saturday. Kemp will present "An 

 Overview of Shellfish Aquaculture." Turano 

 will discuss "Crab Shedding Technology." 



Other presenters include David 

 Vaughan, director of the aquaculture division 

 of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, 

 Fort Pierce, Fla. Vaughan will talk about 

 the developing clam culture industry in 

 Florida. 



For additional information, or to 

 register, contact Rebecca Dunning, 

 N.C. Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer 

 Services, at 91 9/51 3-0452. Or, on the 

 Web, go to www.ncaquaculture.org. — P.S. 



In the Next Issue of Coastwatch 



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^ou build them, fish will come. Pam Smith explores the deployment of artificial 

 reefs — the recreational anglers' watery field of dreams. The sunken material is 

 said to transform barren ocean bottom into productive fish habitat. 



Temporary closures of shellfish beds create economic hardships for North 

 Carolina shellfishers. Cynthia Henderson talks with families about the impacts. 



2 WINTER 2002 



