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GONE FISHING: 



TRADITIONS THRIVE AT CORE BANKS CAMPS 

 For years, anglers have been flocking to the Alger G. Willis Fishing 

 Camps along the southern part of Cape Lookout National Seashore. 

 Ann Green shares the camps' colorful history and offers readers an 

 inside look at the rustic cabins 6 



RESTORING INLAND STREAMS, 

 RENEWING COASTAL WATERS 



Finding ways to restore degraded inland streams is critical to protecting 

 the health of aquatic ecosystems in the state's estuarine fish nurseries. 

 Sea Grant's Barbara Doll takes on the challenge with Rocky Branch, an 

 inland stream in the nutrient-sensitive Neuse River Basin 1 1 



NORTH CAROLINA SEAFOOD PROCESSORS GO GLOBAL 

 Through the N.C. Fishery Resource Grant Program, companies are 

 developing new value-added seafood products, including the Buffalo 

 Catfish Nugget. Cynthia Henderson takes readers to a seafood plant that 

 is diversifying its products 1 6 



PEOPLE & PLACES: 



CSS Neuse: An lll-Fated Ironclad 



In spite of her less than glorious service in the Confederate Navy, the 

 CSS Neuse tells an important piece of Civil War history. Visit her relic 

 hull — pulled from the muddy bottom of the Neuse River in the 1960s 

 — in Kinston 20 



NATURALISTS NOTEBOOK: 

 Jellyfish: A Stinging Sensation 



Although an encounter with a stinging jellyfish is one that most 

 swimmers won't forget, many jellyfish are actually harmless. Robin 

 Sutton updates beachgoers on which jellyfish to avoid and treatment for 

 stings 23 



SEA SCIENCE: 



Quality Key to International Seafood Standards 



In Europe, the Quality Index Method provides producers, buyers, 

 sellers and retailers with a reliable way to measure the freshness of raw 

 fish. A Danish graduate student shares the quality standards with North 

 Carolina Sea Grant researchers in Morehead City 26 



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