The men who keep 

 Sea Grant in tune 



UNC Sea Grant has asked the National Sea 

 Grant Office in Washington, D. C. to furnish sup- 

 port for 25 projects over the next two years. 



Making sure that all the projects, spread over 

 four university campuses, are running smoothly 

 is a mammoth task for one man. So UNC Sea 

 Grant divided the projects into six groups and 

 appointed six men to oversee activities in each 

 group. 



Sea Grant calls these men "area coordinators." 

 Those chosen for 1975-76 are scientists with ex- 

 pertise in the area they head. One of their jobs is 

 to alert investigators in their groups to activities 

 of researchers doing related work. Another is to 

 keep studies in harmony with Program goals, a 

 responsibility which means communicating be- 

 tween researchers and Program administrators. 



Area coordinators are also called upon to help 

 develop a Sea Grant Program of research, ad- 

 visory services and education which meets the 

 needs of the people of North Carolina. In addition, 

 the coordinators strive to keep Sea Grant in tune 

 with goals of the University and other state and 

 University programs. 



Through their efforts, the coordinators provide 

 expertise and leadership necessary to Sea Grant's 

 success. 



Dr. Rickards 



The assistant director of the UNC Sea Grant 

 Program will oversee aquaculture and fisheries 

 research for the coming two years. 



Dr. William L. Rickards, a 

 marine scientist whose spe- 

 cialty is fisheries, joined the 

 UNC Sea Grant staff as assis- 

 tant coodinator in 1971. He 

 was named assistant director 

 last year. 



In addition to carrying out 

 administrative duties for Sea 

 Grant, Rickards is a visiting 

 assistant professor of zoology at N. C. State Uni- 

 versity. From 1971-73, he was a research associate 

 at the Department of Environmental Sciences and 

 Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill. 



The author of more than half dozen publications 

 on aquaculture and fisheries, Rickards earned an 

 A.B. in biology at the University of Delaware, an 

 M.S. in zoology at the University of Georgia and a 

 Ph.D. in marine sciences at the University of 

 Miami. 



Dr. 



Hammond 



Dr. Leigh H. Hammond wiljconti 

 act as coordinator of Sea 

 services during 1975-76. He is 

 chancellor for extension and 

 and is acting director of the Cen i 

 Affairs and Community Services I 



Grit ad 



Sea Grant advisory services Irojec 

 aimed at getting research resia to 

 who can put them to use. In Jditk 

 visory agents take questions 

 dividuals, companies and comi 

 to the lab for study. 



Hammond's involvement in 

 goes back to 1969 when he wasi 

 rector of the Coastal Plains Riiona 

 mission for North Carolina. Sieetl 

 has served as co-chairman of thtftate- 

 marine resource planning grou as a 

 ber of the North Carolina M;ine I 



Dr. Webb 



Dr. Neil B. Webb, North 

 Carolina State University 

 associate professor of food 

 science, will coordinate activi- 

 ties in the area of seafood 

 science and technology during 

 1975-76. Research in this area! 

 seeks answers to problems 

 confronted by all seafood 

 users — from fishermen and 

 processors to consumers. 



Webb has had support from Sea Grant since the Pro 

 gram's initiation in North Carolina in 1970. His research 

 has covered a wide range of problems relating to seafood 

 quality, the use of underutilized species in new products 

 processing and seafood processing sanitation. 



Webb has worked in both university and industry anc 

 has co-authored a number of publications dealing wit! 

 seafood science and technology. Prior to coming to N. C 

 State in 1966, he was director of technology at The Eckerl 

 Packing Co. in Defiance, Ohio. 



He holds a B.S. degree in animal science from Wes1 

 Virginia University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in meat 

 science from the University of Illinois and the University 

 of Missouri. 



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, N. C. 27607. Vol. 1, No. 5, Sep- 

 tember, 1974. Dr. B. J. Copeland, director. Dixie Berg, editor. 

 Second-class postage paid at Raleigh, N. C. 27611. 



