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 stewardship 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 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.ncseagrani.org 

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Front cover photo on board the Tonsina 



and table of contents photo of 

 ozone generator system by Karen Orders. 

 Printed on recycled paper. © 



Knauss Fellows Head for Nation's Capital 



four North 

 Carolina scholars are 

 heading for the 

 nation's capital as 

 Dean John A. Knauss 

 Marine Policy Fellows 

 for 2004. They will 

 spend the coming 

 year learning about 

 federal policy-making 

 processes that affect 

 the ocean, coastal 

 and Great Lakes 

 resources: 



James "Bo" 

 Dame earned a 

 doctorate in coastal 

 resource management at East Carolina 

 University. 



Dame, selected as a legislative fellow, 

 earned a bachelor's degree in geological 

 sciences at Lehigh University in 1984, and a 

 master's in marine science at the Virginia 

 Institute of Marine Science, College of William 

 and Mary in 1990. 



Dame's doctoral work focused on 

 utilizing food web modeling as a holistic 

 approach to evaluating ecosystems. It has 

 potential applications for many coastal issues, 

 including managing marine protected areas, 

 evaluating habitat restoration, and in multi- 

 species fisheries management. 



Jessica Maher earned a master's degree in 

 environmental management at Duke 

 University. Maher, selected as a legislative 

 fellow, earned a bachelor's degree in biology, 

 with minors in chemistry and environmental 

 studies, at the University of North Carolina at 

 Wilmington. 



At Duke, her master's project focused on 

 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in restricted areas 

 of the Pamlico Sound. This work was funded by 

 the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point in 



FRONT: Jessica Maher, Adrienne Harris 

 BACK: Bo Dame, Shauna Slingsby 



order to determine 

 the potential 

 adverse effect on 

 dolphins in the 

 bombing ranges or 

 adjacent areas. 



Adrienne 

 Harris earned a 

 master's degree in 

 environmental 

 management at 

 Duke. Harris, 

 selected as an 

 executive fellow, 

 earned a 

 bachelor's degree 

 in natural 



resources and environmental science, with an 

 emphasis in biology and water quality, at 

 Purdue University. 



At Duke, her master's project addressed 

 global-scale environmental issues, especially in 

 developing an international convention for the 

 control of ballast water. Her interests include 

 water quality and invasive species, as well as 

 international marine policy. 



Shauna Slingsby earned her master's 

 degree in marine science at UNC-W. Slingsby, 

 selected as an executive fellow, earned a 

 bachelor's degree in conservation and resource 

 management at the University of California at 

 Berkeley. 



At UNC-W, her master's studies focused 

 on the ecology of coral reef ecosystems, 

 especially the health of juvenile corals, and 

 human impacts. Her field work took her to 

 Horida, Mexico and Bonaire (Netherland 

 Antilles). In Bonaire, she also was part of a 

 Marine Park Service team helping to establish a 

 Fishing Protected Zone within the coral reefs. 



The fellowship, valued at $38,000, is 

 sponsored by the National Sea Grant College 

 Program. — P.S. 



In the Next Issue of Coastwatch 



Sea Grant researchers retrace the path of Hurricane Isabel to assess her impact on North 

 Carolina's people, places and coastal waters. Ann Green discovers nightlife in the Alligator 

 River Wildlife Refuge. And Pam Smith introduces readers to the newest members of the Sea 

 Grant team. 



2 HOLIDA Y 2003 



