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 publi- 

 cations. For more information on any 

 of the projects described, contact the 

 Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737- 

 2454). For copies of publications, 

 write UNC Sea Grant, NCSU, Box 

 8605, Raleigh, N.C. 27695-8605. 



UNC Sea Grant, the 

 / \ N.C. Coastal Federation 



h li^v, \ and the N.C. Department 



p- of Public Education are 

 WZ0&$ti$0f organizing a series of 

 \^ ,y workshops about coastal 

 regulatory agencies and 

 citizen involvement. 



During the first of the two-night 

 workshops, representatives from the 

 state's coastal regulatory agencies will 

 explain the regulations and processes 

 for managing coastal resources. The 

 second evening, workshop leaders will 

 explain how citizens can become 

 involved in the regulatory process. 



The workshops are sponsored by 

 the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study 

 Program and will be held: May 18-19, 

 Municipal Building, South Broad 

 Street, Edenton; June 1-2, St. Peters 

 Episcopal Church at the corner of 

 Bonner and Main streets, Washington; 

 June 15-16, Duke University Marine 

 Laboratory auditorium, Beaufort; July 

 20-21, St. Andrews Episcopal Church 

 By-the-Sea, Virginia Dare Trail, Nags 

 Head. 



In addition, participants in the work- 

 shops will be eligible to attend one of 

 the two Saturday field trips planned 

 for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 6 at N.C. 

 Aquarium on Roanoke Island and Aug. 

 13 at the aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. 



The workshops are free and open to 

 the public. No preregistration is re- 

 quired. If you have questions, call the 

 Coastal Federation at 919/393-8185. 



To increase the awareness of the 

 Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine ecosys- 

 tem, biology and social studies teachers 



from target schools in Northeast North 

 Carolina will be selected to participate 

 in the citizen awareness workshops. 



Wende Allen, a regional science 

 coordinator for N.C. Department of 

 Public Education, is coordinating the 

 teachers' selection. She wants to in- 

 crease the educators' awareness of the 

 Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study, 

 the ecology of the area, the regulatory 

 system that manages it and the role 

 citizens can play in management. 



Teachers or principals who are 

 interested should contact Allen at the 

 Northeast Regional Education Center 

 in Williamston at 919/792-5166. 



In conjunction with the workshops, 

 Sea Grant and the N.C. Coastal Feder- 

 ation have produced a 70-page book- 

 let, A Citizen s Guide to Coastal Water 

 Resource Management. 



If you are interested in the devel- 

 opment and preservation of North 

 Carolina's coast, this booklet is a must- 

 read. It describes in everyday language 

 the complex combination of federal 

 and state laws that form the basis of 

 the state's coastal resource manage- 

 ment program, including the federal 

 Clean Water Act, the N.C. Coastal 

 Area Management Act and the N.C. 

 Sedimentation and Pollution Control 

 Act. 



And the booklet explains how citi- 

 zens can become involved in forming, 

 changing and enforcing resource man- 

 agement rules, regulations and de- 

 cisions. 



The booklet, which was funded by 

 the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study 

 Program, will be distributed at the 

 workshops. For those who can't attend, 

 write Sea Grant for a copy. Ask for 

 UNC-SG-88-05, and please enclose $1 

 for postage and handling. Or to avoid 

 the handling fee, stop by one of the Sea 

 Grant offices located at the N.C. 

 Aquariums at Fort Fisher, Pine Knoll 

 Shores and Roanoke Island for a copy. 



What's in season at the seafood 

 counter? Well, if you had a copy of Sea 

 Grant's seafood availability poster, you 



could find out in one quick glance. 



The colorful 17-by-23 inch poster is 

 a guide for buying fresh fish and shell- 

 fish. It graphically depicts when you're 

 likely to find the 23 most common spe- 

 cies in North Carolina. The chart is 

 based on the state's commercial land- 

 ing statistics. 



For your copy of the poster, write 

 Sea Grant. Ask for UNC-SG-84-04. 

 The cost is $2. 



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That's right. With a 

 little effort, luck, a license and a copy 

 of Sea Grant's A Guide to Recreational 

 Shrimping, you can fill your freezer 

 with America's favorite seafood. 



A Guide to Recreational Shrimping 

 provides detailed instructions for rig- 

 ging small boats to catch shrimp. It 

 includes information on building 

 doors, choosing nets, rigging the boat 

 and pulling the net. 



The 32-page booklet, written by Sea 

 Grant advisory agent Wayne Wescott, 

 provides valuable information about 

 shrimp biology, regulations and types 

 of trawl nets. 



With the help of detailed illustra- 

 tions, Wescott describes how to rig the 

 net, prepare the boat and complete a 

 successful tow. He offers many tips 

 that can save the new shrimper hours 

 of frustrations. And he has suggestions 

 for culling and storing the catch. 



For a copy of the booklet, write Sea 

 Grant. Ask for UNC-SG-86-07. The 

 cost is $4. 



Sea Grant is cosponsoring a sympo- 

 sium on coastal water resources 

 May 22 to 25 in Wilmington, N.C. 



The four-day symposium will include 

 sessions on a variety of topics from 

 wetlands protection to waste disposal 

 in coastal areas. 



Sea Grant Director B.J. Copeland 

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