Coastwatch 



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 

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 photo of oysters by Michael Halminski. 

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N.C. Marine Web Site Highlights Industries 



North Carolina's maritime industries 

 are about to get a boost from the new Web 

 site, iww.NCWatenvi3ys.com. 



Visitors to the site can search for marine 

 trades educational materials, tourist informa- 

 tion, recreational water events and more. 

 Individuals also may post resumes or browse 

 through updates on workshops, products and 

 services. 



N.C. Marine Trades Services — part of the 

 state's Small Business and Technology 

 Development Center or SBTDC — is developing 

 the site to promote North Carolina's marine 

 businesses on a local and national level. 



Due to be completed soon, many search 

 options, including locating businesses and 



tourism information, are already available. The 

 site will offer a database of business products, 

 services and materials — with searches by 

 company name, region, product or service. 



Mike Bradley, N.C. Marine Trades 

 Services director, is enthusiastic about the 

 site's development. With it, North Carolina 

 may earn a more prominent spot on the map 

 as a boating and maritime business destina- 

 tion, he says. 



The Web site development is funded 

 primarily through a grant from the Golden 

 LEAF Foundation. The SBTDC also will work 

 to keep existing jobs and to encourage the 

 growth of new jobs and businesses in North 

 Carolina's maritime industries. — LK. 



In the Next Issue of Coastwatch 



Batten down the hatches — hurricane season starts soon. Ann Green teams with Sea 

 Grant's Spencer Rogers to demonstrate retrofitting techniques that make coastal 

 structures more storm resistant. Also, The Coastal Society celebrates 25 years as a leading 

 international organization for professionals in coastal management and policy — and Sea 

 Grant's Walter Clark is the current president. Learn how members are affecting change. 



2 SPRING 2002 



