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University of North Carolina 

 Sea Grant Program 



NEWSLETTER 



SEPTEMBER, 1975 



1235 Burlington Laboratories 

 NCSU, Raleigh, N.C. 27607 Tel: (919) 737-2U5U 



Advisory services: 



A hotline of useful 

 information for you 



Lawrence Austin's clam garden is paying off. 

 When he and UNC Sea Grant advisory agents 

 planted seed clams in shallow water on the Pamlico 

 Sound side of Hatteras village, they were just test- 

 ing the possibility of small "backyard" clam gar- 

 dens. The seed clams they planted cost one cent 

 apiece. Today, less than two years later, the gar- 

 den's a success and Austin's selling the clams for 

 as much as eight cents each. 



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Jim Corprew of Coinjock will probably find the 

 back-straining work of pulling in heavy eel and 

 crab pots from deep Albemarle Sound waters easier 

 this fall. A hydraulic powered pot puller that he 

 and Sea Grant advisory agents have installed on 

 his small boat promises to make his work easier 

 and quicker. 



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Thomas Barnwell and other members of the 

 Hilton Head (S. C.) Fishing Co-op, Inc. have taken 

 steps to set up an eel farm that could produce eels 



Jim Corprew's fishing should be 

 easier with hydraulics 



for export to overseas and northern markets. They 

 were able to see and learn first hand from UNC 

 Sea Grant's eel culture demonstration facility in 

 New Bern before launching their own South Caro- 

 lina-based business. 



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Blue crab plants in eastern North Carolina have 

 made changes in processing procedures based 

 on Sea Grant advisory recommendations. Such 

 changes should help the plants meet increasingly 

 stringent quality requirements. 



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Brunswick and other coastal counties are beef- 

 ing up their insect pest control programs with more 

 effective machines and methods. In formal training 

 sessions and informal chats with Sea Grant advis- 

 ory agents, local pest control operators have 

 learned about more effective, economical ways to 

 control mosquitoes and biting flies. Coastal com- 

 munities hope new techniques will help them con- 

 trol insects that bite into their tourist incomes. 



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Coastal planners and local government officials 

 are in the midst of drawing up plans for growth as 

 required by the state's Coastal Area Management 

 Act. To help them better understand state planning 

 guidelines, Sea Grant's land-use advisory agent 



(See "advisory," page J+) 



Ed Clemmons of Brunswick County 

 checks insect monitoring device 



. C. fishing co-op members 

 examine Sea Grant eel farm 



