THE BACK PAGE 



"The Back Page" is an update on Sea 

 Grant activities — on research, marine 

 education and advisory services. It's also 

 a good place to find out about meetings, 

 workshops and new publications. For 

 more information on any of the projects 

 described, contact the Sea Grant offices in 

 Raleigh (919/737-245A). For copies of 

 publications, write UNC Sea Grant, 

 NCSU, Box 8605, Raleigh, N.C. 

 27695-8605. 



If you're fishing for 

 something fun to do this 

 summer, consider North 

 Carolina State Univer- 

 sity's 37th annual Sport 

 Fishing School. Spon- 

 sored by the Depart- 

 ment of Zoology and the Division for 

 Lifelong Education, the school will be 

 held June 12 through 17 in Hatteras. It 

 is designed for folks who want to learn 

 more about fishing for offshore big 

 game fish. You'll cruise the Gulf 

 Stream for blue marlin, dolphin, 

 wahoo and tuna. And you'll learn 

 about fishing in the surf, sounds and 

 inlets. 



The school is open to anyone, but 

 registration is limited. Children under 

 16 must be accompanied by an adult 

 registrant. The cost for the five-day 

 course is $600. The fee covers class- 

 room and surf instruction, boat char- 

 ters for two all-day Gulf Stream trips, 

 bait and a fish fry. Lodging is not 

 included. For more information, con- 

 tact Alice Strickland Warren at the 

 NCSU Division for Lifelong Educa- 

 tion, Box 7401, Raleigh, N.C. 27695- 

 7401. 



In February, more than 200 people 

 attended Sea Grant's conference on 

 growing hard clams. Participants, in- 

 cluding commercial fishermen, aqua- 

 culturists, scientists and resource man- 

 agers, came from as far away as Maine 

 and Florida. 



Financial support for the conference 

 was provided in part by the N.C. Bio- 

 technology Center, the Gulf and South 

 Atlantic Fisheries Development Foun- 

 dation and the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries 



Development Foundation. 



If you weren't able to attend the 

 conference, but would like informa- 

 tion on growing clams, contact Sea 

 Grant advisory agent Skip Kemp at 

 919/247-4007. 



Joyce Taylor, Sea 

 Grant's seafood educa- 

 tion specialist, has pro- 

 duced another brochure 

 in her seafood series. 

 Flaking Fish describes 

 how to make the flakes 

 by poaching or steaming the fish, then 

 flaking the meat away from the bone 

 for use in other dishes. 



Fish flakes provide additional ways 

 to enjoy the nutritional benefits of sea- 

 foods. They are high in protein, but 

 low in fat, calories, cholesterol and 

 sodium. 



You can use fish flakes as the prim- 

 ary ingredient in dishes such as salads 

 and chowders or as an extender in 

 preparations such as deviled crab. 



For a copy of Flaking Fish, write Sea 

 Grant. Ask for UNC-SG-87-05. The 

 cost is 50 cents. 



You also can order copies of the 

 other brochures in the series: Hooked 

 on Fresh Fish and Shellfish, UNC-SG- 

 85-08; Dressing Finfish, UNC-SG-86- 

 10; and Bringing the Catch Home, 

 UNC-SG-86-26. The cost for each of 

 the brochures is 50 cents. 



Last year, severe ero- 

 sion forced several 

 South Nags Head home- 

 owners to pick up and 

 move. Literally. They 

 had to take their belong- 

 ings . . . and their ocean- 

 front houses ... to safer inland lots. 



Such a move costs from $15,000 to 

 $30,000. And until recently, home- 

 owners had to pay every penny. 



In December, Congress passed new 

 legislation that changed all that. 



The National Flood Insurance Pro- 

 gram previously only reimbursed in- 

 sured homeowners for actual damages 

 to a building from erosion, says 

 Spencer Rogers, Sea Grant's coastal 



engineer. Now the law grants insurees 

 two new options in dealing with ero- 

 sion's threats. 



If a structure damaged by erosion 

 cannot be saved, homeowners can re- 

 ceive up to 110 percent of its insured 

 value to cover cleanup or demolition 

 costs. 



Homeowners who want to move 

 houses from threatened areas will be 

 eligible for payments of up to 40 per- 

 cent of the total value of the building 

 or 40 percent of the building insurance 

 coverage. To receive the benefits, 

 homeowners must adhere to certain 

 restrictions, including moving the 

 house to a location behind the 30-year 

 erosion setback line. 



To qualify for coverage, threatened 

 buildings must be built along an ocean 

 or inlet shoreline or a "lake or other 

 body of water." 



For details of the new program, con- 

 tact your insurance agent. Or write 

 Spencer Rogers, Sea Grant, Box 130, 

 Kure Beach, N.C. 28449. His number is 

 919/458-5780. 



Dune plants are the 

 soldiers of the botanical 

 world. They protect the 

 dunes as they fight to 

 survive. In the summer, 

 they face intense heat 

 and sunlight. In the win- 

 ter, they meet the cold. Year-round 

 they withstand ocean waves, salt spray 

 and constantly shifting sands. 



These hardy plants help stabilize 

 our dune systems. Their flowers and 

 berries add beauty to the beach, and 

 many provide food. 



Discover these fascinating plants 

 with the new book A Guide to Ocean 

 Dune Plants Common to North Caro- 

 lina. Author E. Jean Wilson Kraus, bot- 

 anist and educator at the North Caro- 

 lina Maritime Museum, introduces 

 more than 75 species of grasses, vines, 

 herbs, shrubs and trees found on our 

 coastal dunes. 



Detailed illustrations and descrip- 

 tions of each plant, as well as accurate 

 keys, help in identification. 



Kraus also introduces the ocean 



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