College status 



Sea Grant earns an "e" for excellence 



When S. E. Caroon got up and asked permission 

 to speak, he said he had a tale to tell that foIks"up 

 in Raleigh" hadn't tuned in to. 



Dr. B. J. Copeland, Sea Grant director, allowed 

 as how he'd called the Eurasian Watermilfoil con- 

 ference to give scientists, state-local officials, and 

 coastal residents a chance to speak and listen. So, 

 next day, Coinjock resident and Ruritan Club 

 member S. E. Caroon approached the podium 

 armed with letters and notes. 



In all, Caroon and the others who spoke on 

 milfoil gave the audience an earful of the problem 

 which coastal residents and the Coastal Resources 

 Commission had asked Sea Grant to explore. 



Afterwards, some of the scientists and other 

 professionals got together. They figured out what 

 they thought it would take to combat and, perhaps, 

 use milfoil. 



Their plan is now part of Sea Grant's research 

 proposal for 1977. If funds are approved this fall, 

 Caroon and his neighbors will get some help. 



"Sea Grant College just verified our own 

 commitment to trying to solve relevant 

 problems related to North Carolina's ma- 

 rine resources. . ." 



Charlie Bass, who fishes out of Mackeys, is get- 

 ting some help, too. Four years ago, no one in North 

 Carolina much cared about eel fishing but Sea 

 Grant advisory agents decided the state's eels 

 would bring a high price on export markets. Bass 

 and others took a liking to the idea. Last year, 

 eeling brought fishermen $600,000 and helped get 

 a new company going. Related industries are esti- 

 mated to have produced $6 million in investments. 



Private individuals and state officials alike got 

 a promise from Washington last month that UNC 

 Sea Grant would continue to listen to and help the 

 Charlie Basses and S. E. Caroons of North Caro- 

 lina. Secretary of Commerce Elliot Richardson 

 announced that the University of North Carolina 

 Sea Grant Program had been selected for Sea 

 Grant College status. 



The designation recognizes UNC Sea Grant for 

 a job well done. It also guarantees stable and, 

 probably, increased funding for UNC Sea Grant's 

 coastal research and advisory activities. At the 

 same time, it challenges university researchers and 

 advisory agents to maintain their standards of 

 excellence in identifying and meeting coastal prob- 

 lems head on. 



UNC Sea Grant director Copeland believes the 

 key to the program's success lies in the strong ties 

 researchers, advisory agents and administrators 

 have been able to establish both with the people of 

 North Carolina and with state officials. 



"Sea Grant College just verified our own com- 

 mitment to trying to solve relevant problems re- 

 lated to North Carolina's marine resources. The 

 success of the program has been and will always be 

 due to the people who do the work, and to the rela- 

 tionship we have established and hope to maintain 

 with state agencies, the university system, and the 

 people." 



(See "Sea Grant," page 6) 



UNC President William C. Friday and Governor 

 James Holshouser, Jr. at the Sea Grant College 

 ceremony. 



The University of North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Newsletter is published monthly by the 

 University of North Carolina Sea Grant College 

 Program, 1235 Burlington Laboratories, Yarbor- 

 ough Drive, North Carolina State University, 

 Raleigh, NX. 27607. Vol. 3, No. 9. September, 

 1976. Dr. B. J. Copeland, director. Written and 

 edited by Karen Jurgensen and Johanna Seltz. 

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



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Sea Grant graduates 

 to college status 



(Continued from page 5) 



According to Bob Shephard, who heads up ad- 

 visory services for the National Sea Grant office 

 in Washington, North Carolina Sea Grant is recog- 

 nized for particular strengths in: 



— its recognition of and approach to regional 

 problems; 



— the excellence of its scientific researchers and 

 maturity of its advisory services ; 



— and its ability to first identify problems and 

 then "spread resources around" thus satisfying a 

 variety of needs from coastal zone management to 

 recreation advisory services. 



Around the country, federal-state Sea Grant 

 partnerships have been growing. There are now 17 

 institutional programs, 10 coherent programs and 

 four more states are joining up. Sea Grant colleges 

 are at the top of the organizational charts. To be 

 considered for college status, an institutional pro- 

 gram must be three years old, must have demon- 

 strated an ability to get the job done and must 

 include research, advisory services and education. 



UNC now joins 10 other schools in Sea Grant 

 College status. At those other schools, the recogni- 

 tion has helped them improve their programs, 

 protected them from level-funding budget crunches 

 (colleges are given preferential treatment), and 

 given them political cudos within their state gov- 

 ernments. 



So what does all this mean to the people of North 

 Carolina? According to National Sea Grant direc- 

 tor Robert B. Abel, college status "is really the 

 recognition of the meaning" that has already been 

 demonstrated. It means that the University of 

 North Carolina Sea Grant College Program will 

 continue to strive to "close the loop," as Abel put 

 it, to convey the results of scientific research to 

 the people who can use the information — the fisher- 

 men, the seafood processors, the recreation indus- 

 try, coastal residents, vacationers — those who use 

 the state's coastal resources. 



Fresh off the Press 



Public Use of Private Beaches 



by David J. Brower and David W. Owens 

 publication number UNC-SG-76-08 



"Taking" By Regulation and the North Carolina 

 Coastal Area Management Act 



by David Rice 



publication number UNC-SG-75-26 



Aerial Photography for Planning and Development 

 in Eastern North Carolina: a handbookand direc- 

 tory 



by Simon Baker 



publication number UNC-SG-76-03 



Ecological Determinants of Coastal Area Manage- 

 ment 



by David Brower 



publication number UNC-SG-76-05 



To order: Write Sea Grant, Box 5001, Raleigh, 

 N. C. 27607 



University of North Carolina 

 Sea Grant College Program 

 1235 Burlington Laboratories 

 North Carolina State U niversity 

 Raleigh, N.C. 27607 



