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 neic 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. 



Jim Bahen is a winner. 

 Bahen, Sea Grant's Ma- 

 rine Advisory Service 

 agent in the Wilmington 

 area, recently garnered 

 two prestigious exten- 

 sion awards. 

 The North Carolina State University 

 Alumni Association presented Bahen 

 with one of two Outstanding Exten- 

 sion Service Awards. At a banquet in 

 Baleigh, Bahen was given a plaque and 

 a $1,000 check to honor his marine 

 extension efforts along the southeast- 

 ern North Carolina coast. 



Bahen was also named Agent of the 

 Year by Sea Grant's Southeast Marine 

 Advisory Service. Over 100 agents 

 from North Carolina to Texas com- 

 pete for this annual award. 



Bahen's awards are based on his 

 development of three successful ex- 

 tension programs: the Marine Weather 

 Reporting Program, the Sea-Surface 

 Temperature Program and the Turtle 

 Excluder Device Program. 



MAREP, a system for relaying 

 weather reports via VHF radio be- 

 tween mariners and the National 

 Weather Service, has increased the 

 safety of an estimated 3,000 commer- 

 cial and 6,000 recreational boats. 



The Sea-Surface Temperature Pro- 

 gram enables fishermen to save time 

 and fuel by providing temperature 

 data necessary for locating the warm 

 Gulf Stream eddies and the fish that 

 swim those waters. 



With the TED program, Bahen in- 

 troduced North Carolina shrimpers to 

 the controversial excluder devices de- 

 signed to allow endangered sea turtles 

 to escape from shrimp nets. He also 



worked with Supply netmaker Steve 

 Parrish to design a cheaper, easier-to- 

 use TED that met federal approval. 



Jim Murray, Sea Grant's MAS direc- 

 tor, says, "Almost everyone involved 

 in fishing in southeast North Carolina 

 knows Jim and calls on him for objec- 

 tive information. He is friendly, cour- 

 teous, dedicated and well-liked by his 

 clientele group." 



Bahen, who specializes in fishery 

 information, has been with the UNC 

 Sea Grant College Program for 10 

 years. 



Olympic athletes 

 aren't the only ones re- 

 ceiving medals this year. 

 Sea Grant's writers re- 

 cently won two medals 

 in a national publications 

 competition. 

 Coastwatch, Sea Grant's monthly 

 newsletter, took top honors with a 

 Gold Medal award from the Council 

 for Advancement and Support of 

 Education. Out of 65 entries in the 

 newsletter publishing category, only 

 four gold medals were awarded. 

 Judges honored Coastwatch for excel- 

 lence in writing, editing, design, pho- 

 tography and printing. 



Coastwatch is written by Kathy 

 Hart, Nancy Davis and Sarah Friday. 

 Kathy Hart is editor. Each month, it is 

 designed by Ginny Petty or Linda 

 Noble, and printed by University 

 Graphics in Raleigh. 



Sea Grant's winning style also led to 

 a Silver Medal award for A Guide to 

 Ocean Dune Plants Common to North 

 Carolina. The new book illustrating 

 and describing the state's coastal flora 

 was one of 40 entries in the book pub- 

 lishing category. CASE awarded four 

 silver medals in this competition. 



The guide was written and illus- 

 trated by E. Jean Wilson Kraus of the 

 N.C. Maritime Museum and edited by 

 Sea Grant's Sarah Friday. 



If you'd like to savor sweet, succu- 

 lent crab meat panned in butter or 

 stuffed in a large fresh flounder, why 

 not catch your own. 



All you need is a crab pot and some 



chicken necks or fish heads for bait. 

 The crab pot, which is easy to build, 

 can trap 10 to 12 crabs in several hours 

 during warm weather. And best of all, 

 it doesn't need to be tended. 



Sea Grant's How to Build a Crab Pot 

 describes how to assemble the wire 

 box that allows an easy entrance, but a 

 difficult escape, for the blue crab. 



It takes only galvanized wire, hog 

 rings, pliers, wire cutters and about 

 one hour of time to build, says Sea 

 Grant agent Jim Bahen, author of the 

 booklet. 



For a copy of How to Build a Crab 

 Pot, write UNC Sea Grant. Ask for 

 UNC-SG-80-03. The cost is $1.50. 



If you're planning to 

 move and would like to 

 continue receiving Coast- 

 watch, please notify the 

 Sea Grant communica- 

 tions office six to eight 

 weeks in advance. And 

 be sure to include your identification 

 number, which appears just above 

 your name on your address label. 



The U.S. Postal Service notifies us of 

 address changes, but only after you 

 have moved and at a cost of 25 cents 

 per return copy. We receive several 

 hundred return copies per issue. These 

 costs quickly add up and add a finan- 

 cial burden to a newsletter already 

 strapped for funds. 



So please do your part. Send us your 

 address changes, and help us keep 

 Coastwatch a free newsletter. 



Also, when you subscribe to our 

 newsletter, please allow six to eight 

 weeks to get your first issue. The rea- 

 son? We're always working ahead. 

 The mailing list of the June/July issue, 

 for example, was updated and printed 

 in late May. 



There are 18,000 of you on our mail- 

 ing list, and we try our best to keep you 

 all happy. But if you have a problem 

 receiving your newsletter, please con- 

 tact us. Write Sea Grant Communica- 

 tions, Box 8605, North Carolina State 

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

 Or call 919/737-2454. 



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