COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



Mariculture 

 Conference 

 Panned 



"The "North Carolina Mariculture 

 Conference" is being 

 planned forjune 29 in 

 Morehead City. 

 The conference, 

 sponsored by 

 North Carolina 

 Sea Grant, will 

 address saltwater 

 mariculture including finfish, 

 crustacean and shellfish culture 

 operations. The conference will be at 

 the Trinity Center on Bogue Banks. 



Skip Kemp, Sea Grant mariculture 

 specialist, will introduce the concept of 

 "Backyard Shellfish Gardening" for 

 environmental enhancement. 



An optional evening social, "The 

 Tastes of North Carolina," will feature 

 the regional differences in the tastes of 

 shellfish. The social also will highlight 

 North Carolina wines that compliment 

 shellfish. 



There will be an additional fee for 

 the social. The conference registration 

 fee of $1 5 will cover lunch and breaks. 



For information, contact Skip 

 Kemp in Morehead City at 252/222- 

 631 4 or skip_kemp@ncsu.edu. — P.S. 



New Publications Highlight 

 Sea Grant Outreach 



Ne 



Jew publications from Sea Grant 

 underscore the diversity of outreach to citizens 

 of North Carolina. Each has a special take on 

 the environmentally sound use of coastal 

 resources. 



• Shellfish 4 Us: Backyard Shellfish 

 Gardening 



"Shellfish 4 Us: Backyard Shellfish 

 Gardening," a Sea Grant Blueprint, is a how- 

 to guide for waterfront residents in 

 North Carolina who want to grow 

 clams or oysters along their shorelines. 

 The guide lists state agencies to 

 contact for rules and regulations 

 about shellfish harvesting and Internet 

 links for additional shellfish gardening 

 information. (UNC-SG-BP-2002-01) 



• Closed Crab Shedding System: Quick 

 Reference Guide 



Important facts you need to know for 

 start-up and maintenance of a shedding system 

 have been synthesized onto a two-sided, letter- 

 size card by Sea Grant specialists. 



The informative publication takes you 



step-by-step from tray design and materials 

 through filtration methods and management 

 guidelines. (UNC-SG-02-01 ) 



• Reducing Peeler and Soft Crab 

 Mortality: From Harvest to Delivery 



A companion piece to the publication 

 described above, this two-sider instructs the 

 operator on molting, or shedding, cycles; 

 mortality rates; harvesting gear, and handling 

 peelers and soft crabs. It adds up to sound 

 suggestions to help reduce mortality — and 

 increase profits. (UNC-SG-02-02) 



• Catch and Release: A Guide to Ethical 

 Angling 



This publication covers the principles of 

 ethical angling and a practical how-to guide to 

 catch and release using circle hooks. Following 

 simple ethical angling pratices, recreational 

 anglers can make a difference in the conserva- 

 tion and management offish populations. 

 (UNC-SG-02-03) 



For free copies of any of these publica- 

 tions, call North Carolina Sea Grant at 91 9/ 

 515-9101. -P.S. 



Boat Building Exhibit at History Center 



At his boat 

 building yard on 

 Dough's Creek in 

 Dare County, 

 Capt. Warren 

 O'Neal trans- 

 formed 



sportfishing boats 

 with his famous 

 deep-V hull and 

 Carolina flare. 

 The 



"Captain Warren 

 O'Neal, Carolina 



Boat Builder and Fisherman: Legacy and 

 Works" is on exhibit through the end of 

 May at the Outer Banks History Center in 

 Manteo. 



The exhibit includes O'Neal's 



handcrafted 

 tools, half-hull 

 models, 

 drawings, 

 photographic 

 images and 

 historic fishing 

 apparatus. 



O'Neal 

 grew up on 

 Roanoke Island 

 and designed 

 his boats to 

 withstand the 

 treacherous waters of Oregon Inlet. 



The exhibit is open seven days a week 

 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more informa- 

 tion, call 252/473-2655 or e-mail, 

 brian.edwards@ncmail.net. — A.G. 



4 EARLY SUMMER 2002 



