Coastwatch 



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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/seagranl 

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Front cover photo of John Golden 

 and students by Melissa McGaw. 

 Table of Contents photo of crabs 

 by Scott D. Taylor. 

 Printed on recycled paper. © 



Nash Takes 

 Triple Honors 



rry Nash doesn't make seafood, he 

 makes it better by working with seafood 

 processors to develop new or value-added 

 products, conducting seafood safety education 

 workshops, and responding to concerns from 

 consumers. 



Nash, North Carolina Sea Grant seafood 

 technology and marketing specialist, earned 

 triple honors at North Carolina State University 

 for his efforts. 



He received an Outstanding Extension 

 Service Award from the university. He was cited 

 for "demonstrated achievements in serving the 

 people of North Carolina" and was inducted 

 into the Academy of Outstanding Faculty 

 Engaged in Extension. 



In addition, Nash received the 2003 

 Alumni Outstanding Extension and Outreach 

 Award, presented by the NC State Alumni 

 Association. Along with receiving a monetary 

 award, Nash was recognized for his accomplish- 

 ments during the 2003 Honors Baccalaureate 

 and an Alumni Association Awards Dinner. 

 He also received the 2003 Research and 



Graduate Studies' Award for Excellence, 

 presented by NC State Human Resources. 

 The awards program recognizes employees' 

 day-to-day contributions to the university and 

 the citizens of the state. 



Nash joined the North Carolina Sea 

 Grant Marine Extension Program in 1998. He 

 is stationed at the NC State Seafood Labora- 

 tory located at the Center for Marine Sciences 

 and Technology (CMAST) in Morehead City. 



Nash collaborates with other Sea Grant 

 and Cooperative Extension personnel at 

 CMAST, the state and the nation. — P.S. 



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| Oysters Put on Show 

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I I hey may not make American Idol, but 



oysters at the Sea Grant hatchery have 

 achieved celebrity status in their own right. 



Skip Kemp, North Carolina Sea Grant 

 mariculture and marketing specialist, 

 welcomed media to observe the first spawning 

 of oysters in his restoration research project. Greenville's WNCT Channel 9 TV News, the Carteret 

 County News-Times and the Jacksonville Daily News were on hand for the event. 



But sixth and seventh graders from Carteret Academy touring the hatchery got the best "show" 

 after the TV cameras were gone. 



Kemp missed seeing the TV coverage. He was busy tending oyster spawners. Coastwatch will 

 follow the progress of the restoration project he is conducting in collaboration with Carteret 

 Community College. Look for details in a future issue. - P.S. 



In the Next Issue of Coastwatch 



\^teran seafood cooks and novices await the fall release of Mariner's Menu: 30 Years of 

 Fresh Seafood Ideas. Sarah Friday Peters takes Coastwatch readers behind the scenes to meet 

 author Joyce Taylor and the dedicated corps of Nutrition Leaders. And Ann Green visits 

 the last beach seine operation for striped mullet in Carteret County. 



2 HIGH SEASON 2003 



