Advisory services 



It's the job of Sea Grant's network of advisory 

 agents and specialists to see that the results of 

 research are made available to those who need them 

 the most. Whether there's a landowner struggling 

 with shoreline erosion or a seafood processor plagued 

 by sanitation problems, it's up to the advisory agent 

 to field the questions and come up with the answers. 



Of course answers don't always exist. Then it's also 

 up to the agent to suggest areas where more research 

 is needed. 



Sea Grant advisory agents and specialists work in 

 marine fisheries, recreation, seafood processing, 

 coastal engineering and marine education. Some 

 agents are located at the North Carolina Marine 

 Resources Centers on Roanoke Island, Bogue Banks 

 and Fort Fisher. Others are at the NCSU Seafood Lab 

 in Morehead City, the Sea Grant eel farm near 

 Aurora, and on the NCSU campus in the Sea Grant 

 office. 



For more information on the activities of Sea 

 Grant's advisory services, contact the individuals 

 listed below. 



Though 20 of the state's 100 counties front the 

 ocean or sounds and thousands of North Carolinians 

 flock to the beaches, little emphasis has been placed 

 on marine education until recently. In response to 

 growing interest across the state, specialist Lundie 

 Mauldin (NCSU, 737-2454) is now working with 



public school teachers, the University system and the 

 North Carolina Marine Resources Centers to en- 

 courage the development of marine education 

 statewide. One of her projects is the publication and 

 distribution of a series of North Carolina marine 

 education manuals. 



All too often nature's whims take coastal property 

 owners by surprise. Erosion lops off chunks of es- 

 tuarine backyards, bulkheads crumble, beach houses 

 suffer from the ravages of harsh weather. To give 

 folks a hand, coastal engineering specialist Spencer 

 Rogers (N.C. Marine Resources Center/Ft. Fisher, 

 458-5780) is working with individual homeowners on 

 coastal construction and erosion problems. In addi- 

 tion, this year he is working with the Coastal 

 Resources Commission on rules and regulations 

 governing coastal construction. 



A growing part of the North Carolina coastal 

 economy is tied up in one way or another with 

 recreation— from boating to surfing, fishing and 

 hang gliding. Often both the recreation businesses 

 and the sportsmen could use some help. That's where 

 economist and recreation specialist Leon Abbas 

 (NCSU, 737-2454) comes in. This year Abbas plans a 

 series of workshops for marina operators and charter 

 boat owners. He'll also work closely with the sports 

 fishing bait industry. And, moving inland, he'll spon- 

 sor a series of lectures on coastal recreation in pop- 

 ulous sections of the state. 



Four agents are located at the N.C. Marine 

 Resources Centers. Though they have areas of 



Sailing in the Neuse River near Oriental 



