ALERT! 



Dr. B. J. Copeland 



Dr. Copeland, a zoologist, assumed 

 the directorship of the UNC Sea 

 Grant Program in 1973. He is a pro- 

 fessor of zoology, botany and marine 

 sciences at North Carolina State 

 University. Copeland came to NCSU 

 in 1970 from the University of Texas 

 Marine Science Institute at Port 

 Aransas. 



This first issue of our newsletter is one more way that we are trying to 

 make Sea Grant activities come alive to the people of North Carolina. 



Through our newsletter, we hope to air some of our achievements, make 

 our facts, findings and information readily available and alert interested 

 persons to upcoming events. We also hope to set up a flow of communication 

 between the people in Sea Grant — its administrators, researchers and the 

 University — and those who can profit from the program's work. To keep 

 information flowing in two ways, we need to hear from our readers. 



In this issue, we are emphasizing Sea Grant's program of advisory 

 services. Future newsletters will focus on other areas covered by Sea Grant. 



What is advisory services? 



In short, it's the communications arm of the entire Sea Grant program. 

 The men and women in advisory services relay up-to-date research results 

 and ideas to those people who make decisions about the management, 

 development and protection of North Carolina's coastal and marine 

 resources. 



Advisory services also sees that Sea Grant programs are co-ordinated 

 between the institutions of the University of North Carolina and local, state 

 and federal agencies dealing with coastal and marine resources. 



To make sure that Sea Grant is in tune with the needs of coastal North 

 Carolinians, Sea Grant's advisory services personnel devote a large part of 

 their time to listening to problems confronting coastal people. When infor- 

 mation needed for a solution is not at hand, advisory services brings coastal 

 questions to the Sea Grant researchers and administrators who may be 

 able to help. 



The work of Sea Grant's "advisors" is aimed at short-term as well as 

 long-term problems. 



Through the efforts of Dr. Leigh H. Hammond, who for the past year has 

 acted as co-ordinator of UNC Sea Grant advisory services, the individual 

 projects that make up advisory services are finely attuned to the purposes 

 of the UNC Sea Grant Program. Hammond's guiding hand keeps the 

 entire advisory services program aimed toward the program's goals of 

 increasing and improving the usage of coastal and marine resources in a 

 wise manner. Hammond, an extension professor of economics, is also 

 assistant vice chancellor of University extension at North Carolina State 

 University. 



In the three years since UNC Sea Grant was first funded, the program has 

 focused on the economically important commercial fisheries industry. In 

 the future, we plan to broaden this focus to other equally important coastal 

 zone industries and needs. 



The University of North Carolina Sea Grant Program Newsletter is 

 published monthly by the University of North Carolina Sea Grant Program, 

 1235 Burlington Laboratories, Yarborough Dr., North Carolina State 

 University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607. Vol. 1, No. 1, May, 1974. Dr. 

 B. J. Copeland, director. Dixie Berg, editor. Application to mail at second- 

 class postage rates is pending at Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. 



PEST CONTROL — May 8-9. 



Training course: Mosquito and 

 biting fly control in coastal areas. 

 May 8-9, Room 104, Commercial and 

 Sports Fisheries Building, More- 

 head City. Designed to further in- 

 form pest control operators and 

 other interested persons on coastal 

 pest problems and their control. 

 Taught by NCSU entomologists and 

 the Solid Waste and Vector Control 

 Branch of the N. C. Division of 

 Health Services. Sponsored by UNC 

 Sea Grant and NCSU Agricultural 

 Extension. Write to Dr. R. C. Axtell, 

 Department of Entomology, NCSU, 

 Raleigh, N. C. 27607 to register in 

 advance. 



EEL FISHING— May 7 and May 9 



Workshops — Eel fishing and 

 handling. May 7, Savannah, Ga.; 

 May 9, Brunswick, Ga. Led by Norm 

 Angel and Walt Jones, Industrial 

 Extension Service, NCSU School of 

 Engineering in cooperation with 

 Onslow County Community College. 

 Sponsored by the Coastal Plains 

 Marine Center and University of 

 Georgia Sea Grant. 



COASTAL MANAGEMENT— May 

 16-17 



Conference: A forum of views on 

 land management in the coastal 

 area, presented by state and local 

 governments, developers, planners, 

 financial interests and the public. 

 May 16-17, Duke University Marine 

 Laboratory, Beaufort. Sponsored by 

 UNC Sea Grant, Center for Marine 

 and Coastal Studies and the Coastal 

 Plains Center for Marine Develop- 

 ment Services. 



DREDGE ISLAND MANAGE- 

 MENT— May 30-31 



Conference: Managing dredge is- 

 lands in North Carolina's estuaries. 

 May 30-31, John Yancy Hotel, At- 

 lantic Beach. Review possibilities 

 and problems of managing dredge 

 islands as bird nesting sites. Aimed 

 at informing state and federal agen- 

 cies and persons having jurisdiction 

 over and interests in managing 

 dredge islands. Led by Dr. James 

 Parnell, UNC at Wilmington, and 

 Robert F. Soots, Campbell College. 

 Sponsored by UNC Sea Grant. 



