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 publica- 

 tions. For more information on any of 

 the projects described, contact the Sea 

 Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737-2U5U). 

 For copies of publications, write UNC 

 Sea Grant, NCSU, Box 8605, Raleigh, 

 N.C. 27695-8605. 



North Carolina's sea- 

 food processing industry 

 stepped into the future in 

 December when a plant in 

 Plymouth, N.C, unveiled 

 a state-of-the-art freezing 

 facility. 



The plant will serve as a model for the 

 state's other seafood processors. 



The demonstration project is part of 

 an effort to improve in-state processing 

 of seafood, says Sea Grant seafood ex- 

 tension specialist David Green. 



Carolina's Pride Seafood and Liquid 

 Air Corporation, an international com- 

 pany with its U.S. headquarters in Cal- 

 ifornia, worked with Green to develop 

 the pilot facility. 



At a ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedi- 

 cate the facility, Gov. James G. Martin 

 presented Sea Grant with a certificate 

 of appreciation for its involvement in the 

 project. 



The seafood company will use cryo- 

 genics, a technology by which foods can 

 be individually quick frozen at extreme- 

 ly low temperatures within minutes. 

 The process has been used with other 

 foods, but it's only recently been applied 

 to seafoods. 



The Plymouth demonstration facility 

 is the first of its kind in the state's 

 seafood industry. 



Green says the project also will ex- 

 plore new packaging and marketing 

 techniques for the frozen products. 



The Plymouth facility is the showcase 

 for a larger effort to improve the state's 

 seafood processing industry. 



Green says that ultimately the project 

 will result in more seafood products be- 

 ing processed in North Carolina. And 



that will mean increased revenues for 

 the state as well as new job opportuni- 

 ties. 



"We want to present a quality image 

 for seafood processing in North Caro- 

 lina," Green says. "And the seafood in- 

 dustry is looking at improving its quality 

 by upgrading its facilities and using new 

 technology to be more competitive on a 

 national and international basis." 



UNC Sea Grant is soliciting proposals 

 for the 1990-1991 funding period. If 

 you're a researcher and would like to 

 submit a proposal, call the Sea Grant of- 

 fice in Raleigh or consult the "Call for 

 Proposals" memorandum available at 

 the research office of your university. 



All proposals must be submitted by 

 April 14. 



Sea Grant's Marine Ad- 

 visory Service has 

 formed an advisory 

 board. The board is made 

 up of 13 members with 

 backgrounds and inter- 

 ests in everything from 

 commercial and recreational fishing to 

 local government and coastal 

 regulations. 



The board will help the Advisory Ser- 

 vice remain responsive to its 

 constituency. 



The Advisory Service is Sea Grant's 

 outreach or extension program. Its 

 agents conduct educational and applied 

 research programs in fisheries, seafood 

 technology, aquaculture, recreation and 

 tourism, marine education, coastal en- 

 gineering, business development and 

 coastal law. 



The advisory board will recommend 

 programs that will help the Advisory 

 Service continually refine its priorities 

 and develop new programs. 



Members of the board and their back- 

 grounds include: Bo Nowell, recrea- 

 tional fishing; David Owens, coastal 

 management; Joseph Phillips, extension 

 administration; Jerry Schill, commercial 

 fishing; Clark Calloway, seafood pro- 

 cessing; and Lockwood Phillips, news 

 media. 



Also on the board are: Webb Fuller 

 and Tony Caudle, local government; 

 Melvin Daniels Jr., banking; Carson 

 Davis, recreation; Wende Allen, educa- 

 tion; Steve Parrish, commercial fishing 

 business; and William Raney, coastal 

 law. 



Recycling saves money, 

 energy and natural 

 resources. But for the 

 most part, Americans 

 don't take the time or 

 make the effort to recycle 

 their bottles, cans and 

 newspapers. 



Consider these facts supplied by the 

 Environmental Defense Fund: 



Americans throw away enough glass 

 bottles and jars to fill New York's World 

 Trade Center every two weeks. We 

 throw away enough aluminum to rebuild 

 our commercial airfleet every three 

 months. And we use 2.5 million plastic 

 bottles every hour, only a small percent- 

 age of which are now recycled. 



In a brochure, If You 're Not Recycling, 

 You 're Throwing It All Away, the E DF 

 explains how recycling can save us 

 money and how you can get started. 



If you'd like a copy of the brochure, 

 write the N.C. EDF, 128 E. Hargett St., 

 Raleigh, N.C. 27601. 



When manufacturers began touting 

 the benefits of artificial seaweed to 

 reduce beach erosion, Sea Grant coastal 

 engineer Spencer Rogers was curious. 



The idea was that the long strips of 

 fiber acted as underwater sand fences 

 that built sandbars. 



But Rogers reviewed artificial sea- 

 weed research and monitored a test site 

 containing the seaweed. And he found 

 that the seaweed was not a viable solu- 

 tion for controlling beach erosion. 



As a result, several North Carolina 

 coastal municipalities saved thousands 

 of dollars when they opted not to buy the 

 seaweed. 



In Artificial Seaweed for Shoreline 

 Erosion Control?, Rogers examines this 

 alternative. He addresses the develop- 



