Conflicts are rising over reef use and 

 construction as more and more people 

 are competing for a limited resource. 



Murray will survey environmentalists, 

 commercial fishermen, sport fishermen 

 and divers in three Southeastern states 

 to get their input on how they'd like to 

 see artificial reef programs developed 

 and managed. 



Then he'll turn his results over to reef 

 managers. 



Offshore anglers are always looking 

 for a spot that will guarantee them a 

 catch of snapper, grouper or king 

 mackerel. 



Often recreational fishermen drop 

 their hooks above the wrecks and ar- 



tificial reefs where fish congregate. But 

 these spots can be as crowded with 

 anglers as a shopping mall on the day of 

 a sale. 



Why not try fishing the natural reefs 

 offshore. 



Sea Grant scientists have plotted the 

 locations of these reefs in Onslow Bay— 

 the area between Cape Fear and Cape 

 Lookout— on a large, four-color map 

 called the Hardbottoms Distribution 

 Map. Hardbottom is a geologic term for 

 reef. 



The map charts low, medium and high- 

 relief reefs. These irregular bottom 

 areas support the small plants and 

 animals that attract gamefish such as 

 snapper, grouper, mackerel and sea bass. 



For a copy of the Hardbottoms map, 



write Sea Grant. Ask for UNC- 

 SG-86-25. The cost is $5. 



The map includes a Loran grid and 

 underwater depictions of the reef areas. 



Coastwatch is published monthly ex- 

 cept July and December by the Univer- 

 sity of North Carolina Sea Grant College 

 Program, 105 1911 Building, Box 8605, 

 North Carolina State University, Ra- 

 leigh, N.C. 27695-8605. Vol. 16, No. 1, 

 January, 1989. Dr. B.J. Copeland, direc- 

 tor. Kathy Hart, editor. Nancy Davis and 

 Sarah Friday Peters, staff writers. 



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