North Carolina State Librai 

 Raleigh 



N. C. 



University of North Carolina 

 Sea Grant Program 



NEWSLETTER 



AUGUST, 1974 



1 235 Burlington Laboratories 

 NCSU, Raleigh, N. C. 27607 Phone: (919) 737-2454, 



At Sea Grant: 



Setting goals 

 for tomorrow 



It's not too unusual to hear about a university 

 scientist doing research on the coast. Most of the 

 time you hear he's studying pollution or trying to 

 find out more about the ocean — all of which is 

 important for properly using and conserving 

 natural resources. 



But while scientists have devoted attention to 

 fish and other coastal resources, little effort has 

 gone toward studying the social, legal and eco- 

 nomic pressures bearing on the people — the human 

 resource — of coastal Carolina. 



Realizing that to plan wisely, the impact of 

 pressures on all resources needs careful study, the 

 University of North Carolina Sea Grant Program 

 is proposing support for legal and socio-economic 

 studies, in addition to seeking continued funding 

 for studies aimed at learning more about the 

 coastal resources and how to use them wisely. 



This month, UNC Sea Grant submitted a pro- 

 posal for support to the National Sea Grant Pro- 

 gram in Washington, D. C. The proposal sets forth 

 research, advisory services and education goals 

 which the North Carolina Program hopes to 

 achieve in 1975-76. After careful review of the 

 proposal, and a visit to North Carolina in October 

 to hear more about Program goals, the National 

 Sea Grant office determines which of the 25 proj- 

 ects included in the North Carolina proposal 

 merit funding. 



Following is a summary of the UNC Sea Grant 

 Program goals for the next two years in the areas 

 of aquaculture and fisheries, seafood science and 

 technology, education and advisory services, legal 

 and socio-economic studies and coastal zone and 

 estuarine studies. 



Studies are planned to anticipate the effects of change 

 today's children are likely to see occur on North Caro- 

 lina's coast. 



Aquaculture and fisheries 



Aquaculture, or fish farming, may provide part 

 of the solution to a growing world food shortage. 

 But as yet, farming fish and other food organisms 

 of the sea is a science filled with problems. 



Through research, Sea Grant is trying to help 

 get rid of some of the "bugs" that are holding up 

 fish farming. In the coming year, which marks the 

 fifth and final year of this study, Sea Grant is pro- 

 posing to continue learning more about diseases, 

 particularly fungal parasites, that attack blue 

 crab, penaeid shrimp and other Crustacea off North 

 Carolina's coast. With information on how wide- 

 spread the parasites are, where they are found 

 and how they affect the abundance of marine 

 Crustacea, scientists believe they can find ways to 

 control them in confined, crowded aquaculture 

 conditions. 



Eels could be a money-maker for coastal North 

 Carolinians who learn to grow, harvest and market 

 them. Sea Grant scientists are also proposing 

 studies to further develop eel aquaculture tech- 

 niques for use in this state. 



