Advising at the coast. Lett to right, Lawrence Lee Austin talks with advisory agents Hughes Tillet and 

 Sumner Midgett about clam gardening. 



A program like Sea Grant can't live in an ivory 

 tower. Research findings have to be delivered to 

 the people who can use them. And those same peo- 

 ple play a key role in pointing out research needs. 

 It's a two-way street. 



Key to a smooth ride on that street are Sea 

 Grant's advisory agents and specialists. Their job 

 is to help the coastal public in any way they can. 

 Advisory services in 1977 include: 



Fisheries — Agents Sumner Midgett, Hughes 

 Tillet (Manteo, 473-3937) and Skipper Crow (More- 

 head City, 726-7341) specialize in keeping fisher- 

 men informed of advances in equipment and busi- 

 ness opportunities. They've worked with hydraul- 

 ics, boat insulation, floating trap nets, clam and 

 oyster "gardening," and the state's new eel fishery, 

 among other things. A fourth agent, working out of 

 Wilmington, will join them after the first of the 

 year. 



Seafood— Ted Miller, Joyce Taylor, Dave Hill 

 and Keith Gates at Sea Grant's Seafood Lab in 

 Morehead City (726-7341) take seafood the next 

 step. They work with fish houses and processors 

 on handling, plant design, product quality, new 

 products and much more. 



Land use management — Simon Baker (NCSU, 

 737-2578) specializes in assisting coastal govern- 

 ments with such diverse needs as planning, storm 

 damage assessment, and aerial photography for 

 delineation of coastal wetlands. 



Recreation — New to our program in 1976 is 

 Leon Abbas (NCSU, 737-2578). Abbas, an econo- 

 mist, is working on recreational business problems, 

 marine recreation planning and policy. 



Engineering — In 1977, a new and much needed 

 specialist will join Sea Grant to help coastal gov- 

 ernments and property owners with development 

 and construction. This will include such engi- 

 neering problems as bulkhead design. 



Another way Sea Grant spreads the word and 

 helps keep the public informed is through educa- 

 tion. 



Because the state is facing increasing legal ques- 

 tions Tom Schoenbaum of the UNC-CH law school 

 will be developing an ocean and coastal law pro- 

 gram for the school. This will provide an oppor- 

 tunity for selected students to conduct legal re- 

 search on particularly pressing problems as well 

 as train future lawyers for the state. 



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, N.C. 27607. Vol. 3, No. 12. December, 

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

 edited by Karen Jurgensen and Johanna Seltz. 

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



Update: 



extended jurisdiction 



With implementation of the new Fishery Conser- 

 vation and Management Act of 1976 coming this 

 spring, the South Atlantic Regional Fishery Coun- 

 cil — which will oversee extended jurisdiction off 

 North Carolina — is hard at work. The Act, com- 

 monly called the 200 mile limit, will limit foreign 

 fishing off United States coasts. 



Meeting earlier this month in the Pine Knoll 

 Shores N. C. Marine Resources Center, the group 

 heard reports on research being done by the Na- 

 tional Marine Fisheries Service — which is to pro- 

 vide major technical backup for the fisheries 

 management plans. 



Mike Street, of the N. C. Division of Marine 

 Fisheries, explained preliminary plans drawn up 

 by the Northeast offices of the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service. Those plans which would affect 

 the southeast are: Atlantic herring, 35 million 

 pounds allocated to foreigners; squid, 83 million 

 pounds allocated to foreigners; hake (silver and 

 red), 280 million pounds allocated to foreigners; 

 Atlantic mackeral, 100 million pounds for for- 

 eigners; other finfish (including river herring, 

 trout, croaker, spot, king mackeral, Spanish mack- 

 eral, porgy, snapper, grouper), 134 million pounds 

 for foreigners. 



Street explained that plans were only done on 

 those species which the government would even 

 consider allowing foreign fishermen to take. Had- 

 dock and cod were not done, for example, because 

 no foreign permits are expected to be issued. 



Additionally, Street said there were some prob- 

 lems with the plans, partially because, unlike 

 northern fisheries, there is no good stock data 

 available for most southeastern fisheries. Another 

 problem, Street felt, was the lack of gear restric- 

 tions which could lead to increased by-catch. The 



council agreed to review the plans and make rec. 

 ommendations. 



The council also considered a number of other 

 questions ranging from the need for a flounder 

 management plan, to limited vessel time for re- 

 search work, to procedures for public participation 

 in drawing up final management plans, to budget 

 ($857,000 for 1977), to the council's assignment 

 to draw up a billfish management plan. 



Five nations, including the Soviet Union, have 

 now signed Governing International Fisheries 

 Agreements with the United States under the 

 new 200 mile limit. By signing, those nations 

 agree to go along with the act and their fishermen 

 will pay fees for fishing in U. S. waters. 



The Council will open an office in January in 

 Charleston, S. C. (the region includes North 

 Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida). 

 Also, an executive director is expected to be named 

 next month. 



One of the ways we try to keep people 

 informed of Sea Grant activities is through 

 this newsletter. Another way is through 

 our annual report. The 1975 annual report 

 outlines advances made by Sea Grant re- 

 searchers and advisers last year (the 1976 

 report, of course, isn't at the printers yet). 



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