UNC Sea Grant awarded funds 

 to carry out 1975 projects 



The federal Office of Sea Grant and the state of North Carolina 

 have awarded more than $800,000 to the University of North Caro- 

 lina Sea Grant Program for the support of marine and coastal re- 

 search, education and advisory activities during 1975. 



A $535,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration's Office of Sea Grant, a part of the U. S. Department 

 of Commerce, was matched by funding of $267,500 from the N. C. 

 Department of Administration. 



Now in its fifth year, the university-wide UNC Sea Grant Pro- 

 gram provides financial support for projects designed to benefit 

 North Carolina's coastal counties by improving the economy and 

 conserving the natural resources of that region. 



The 1975 funding, highest since the Program began in North 

 Carolina in 1970, will support 25 projects on four UNC campuses 

 including North Carolina State University, East Carolina Univer- 

 sity, UNC-Wilmington and UNC-Chapel Hill. More than 30 scien- 

 tists, lawyers, engineers and other university personnel will be lead- 

 ing UNC Sea Grant activities. 



"This grant enables us to begin to seek solutions to problems fac- 

 ing North Carolina in its quest to manage and utilize its rich coastal 

 resources," said Dr. B. J. Copeland, director of the UNC Sea Grant 

 Program. 



Sea Grant investigators will be studying a wide range of coastal 

 topics. Information useful to land-use planners will be developed in 

 studies of geologic processes affecting coastal areas and in research 

 to determine the value of salt marshes as they contribute to the 

 abundance of fishery resources. Research will continue on the use of 

 vegetation to create new marsh. 



A study of water circulation patterns off the state's southeast 

 coast should provide a model useful in evaluating the potential ef- 

 fects of offshore activities such as waste disposal or construction of 

 offshore power plants and deep-water ports. 



Other Sea Grant-supported research will focus on managing 

 coastal insects, reducing loss of wood in salt water environments to 

 the marine borer and developing eel "farming" techniques. 



Studies of the law of the sea as it relates to North Carolina will 

 continue. A legal researcher will monitor implementation of the 

 state's coastal management act and develop recommendations for 

 changes in the law or administrative guidelines if they are needed. 

 Economists will study seafood marketing, compiling data on distri- 

 bution patterns and inefficiencies in the marketing system. 



Seafood scientists will continue developing seafood products, 

 focusing on uses of mechanically deboned fish meat. They will assess 

 effects of processing on seafoods and will seek to identify hazardous 

 microorganisms in seafood. 



Advisory agents will work in the areas of fishermen education, 

 coastal zone management, seafood harvesting and processing, insect 

 management and coastal recreation. 



The University of North Carolina Sea Grant Program Newsletter is published 

 monthly by the University of North Carolina Sea Grant Program, 1235 Bur- 

 lingotn Laboratories, Yarborough Drive, North Carolina State University, 

 Raleigh, N. C. 27607. Vol. 2, No. 2, February, 1975. Dr. B. J. Copeland, direc- 

 tor. Dixie Berg, editor. Second-class postage paid at Raleigh, N. C. 27611. 



New 



publications 



The following publications 

 produced by the UNC Sea Grant 

 Program are now available. To 

 order copies, write: UNC Sea 

 Grant Program, 1235 Burlington 

 Laboratories, North Carolina 

 State University, Raleigh, N. C. 

 27607. Residents of North Caro- 

 lina may order one copy free. 



Technical Operations Manual 

 for the Blue Crab Industry. 



Miller, T., N. Webb and F. 

 Thomas. UNC-SG-74-12. $1. 



Influence of Sedimentary Pro- 

 cess on Grain Size Distribution 

 Curves of Bottom Sediments in 

 the Sounds and Estuaries of 

 North Carolina. Custer, C. and 

 R. Ingram. UNC-SG-74-13. $2. 



Sedimentary Structures of a 

 Modern Lagoonal Environment: 

 Pamlico Sound, N. C. Katuna, 

 M. and R. Ingram. UNC-SG-74- 

 14. $3. 



Animal Colonization of Salt 

 Marshes Artificially Established 

 on Dredge Spoil. Cammen, L., E. 

 Seneca and B. J. Copeland. UNC- 

 SG-74-15. $1. 



Sea Grant film 

 available for loan 



"Waterbound — Our Changing 

 Outer Banks," a film about 

 North Carolina's changing bar- 

 rier islands, is available for loan 

 to groups. 



An outgrowth of Sea Grant- 

 supported research by East 

 Carolina University geologists 

 Drs. S. R. Riggs and M. P. O'- 

 Connor, the 16 mm., color film 

 tells the story of the changing 

 shape of the state's Outer Banks. 

 It surveys the geologic processes 

 which have and are acting on the 

 state's coastline and outlines 

 man's attempt to challenge these 

 processes. 



To borrow the film, write UNC 

 Sea Grant Program, 1235 Bur- 

 lington Laboratories, North 

 Carolina State University, Ra- 

 leigh, N. C. 27607. 



