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"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 (919/737-2454). For copies of pub- 

 lications, write UNC Sea Grant, Box 8605, 

 NCSU, Raleigh, N.C. 27695-8605 



Show everyone you're 

 serious about clean water- 

 ways. Get a Big Sweep '89 

 T-shirt. The Big Sweep '89 

 is the successor to Beach 

 Sweep. Because of the 

 success of the coastal cleanup, we ex- 

 panded it to include all of North Carolina's 

 inland lakes and rivers. And to reflect that, 

 we've changed the name to The Big Sweep. 



The statewide cleanup is slated for Sept. 

 23. But show your support early by buying 

 a T-shirt. The white T-shirts carry the blue 

 and yellow sweeping logo across the front. 

 The shirts are top quality and 100 percent 

 cotton. 



If you want a T-shirt, write Sea Grant, 

 Box 8605, North Carolina State University, 

 Raleigh, N.C. 27695. Or call 919/737-2454. 

 The cost is $5, plus $1 for postage and 

 handling. Makes checks payable to 

 KNCCB/The Big Sweep. 



The T-shirts are available in medium, 

 large and extra large. Be sure to specify 

 the quantities and sizes you want. 



The money raised by selling the shirts 

 will be used to produce educational 

 materials such as posters, brochures and cur- 

 riculum materials for teachers. Support The 

 Big Sweep, and help clean up our waterways. 



Lots of organizations and state agen- 

 cies are hard at work on The Big Sweep '89. 



This year, four groups join Sea Grant, 

 the N.C. Division of Coastal Management, 

 the N.C. Office of Marine Affairs/N.C. 

 Aquariums, the N.C. Division of Parks and 

 Recreation and N.C. 4-H in coordinating 

 The Big Sweep. 



They are the N.C. Division of Wildlife 



Resources, WRAL-TV in Raleigh, Keep 

 North Carolina Clean and Beautiful, and 

 Keep America Beautiful/Carteret County. 



All this extra help should make The Big 

 Sweep '89 a more successful and publi- 

 cized event. 



It took only four hours 

 on a couple of Saturdays 

 for America's beaches to 

 come clean. But it also 

 took more than 47,000 

 volunteers in 25 states and 

 territories to make the difference. 



The volunteers showed up for coastal 

 cleanups from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In 

 all they covered 3,518 miles of beaches. 

 And they recorded each item they found 

 for a national database compiled by the 

 Center for Marine Conservation. 



North Carolina's tallies from Beach 

 Sweep '88 were included in more than 1 

 million items counted. 



Altogether, 977 tons of trash were col- 

 lected during beach cleanups last year. 

 About 65 percent of it was plastic. Eleven 

 percent was metal, and about 10 percent 

 paper and glass. Plastic foam pieces 

 ranked number one on the list. 



The national database proved so suc- 

 cessful that CMC will continue it annually. 

 And they're considering expanding it to an 

 international level. 



For every snapper, 

 grouper and king mackerel a 

 recreational fisherman has 

 reeled in, you can bet he's 

 probably cast aside an am- 

 berjack, triggerfish or shark. 

 The reason? Well, more than likely, he 

 just doesn't realize that amberjack can be 

 just as tasty as king mackerel. 



To change that, Sea Grant, the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service and North Caro- 

 lina State University's Department of Agri- 

 cultural Communications have produced a 

 television documentary on underutilized 

 species. 



Fishing for a New Catch, a 30-minute 

 show, will air on the University of North 



Carolina Center for Public Television 

 Sunday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Satur- 

 day, July 29 at 12:30 p.m. 



The video is aimed at the more than 8 

 million saltwater sport fishermen in the 

 Southeast. 



NMFS estimates recreational fishermen 

 discard as much as 60 percent of the fish 

 they catch because they don't consider 

 them table fare. 



To increase the use of these so-called 

 undesirables, NMFS funded a study. Re- 

 searchers from NCSU and East Carolina 

 University surveyed fishermen from North 

 Carolina to Texas to find out why they 

 preferred some fish over others. 



They found that if a fish didn't look "nor- 

 mal," it usually didn't make it to the cooler. 



Fishing for a New Catch will help 

 change those attitudes, says NCSU video 

 producer Mike Gray. It will introduce 

 fishermen to some of these less-favored 

 fish, explain how to handle and clean 

 them, and offer preparation suggestions. 



In addition to the video, Sea Grant has 

 developed a series of brochures showing 

 how to catch, clean and prepare 16 under- 

 utilized species. And a cookbook, Recipes 

 with a New Catch, is chocked full of 

 delicious recipes for the fish. 



If you would like the brochures, write 

 Sea Grant and ask for the underutilized 

 species brochure series. The cost is $2. 

 For a copy of the cookbook, ask for 

 UNC-SG-86-06. The cost is $2. 



The N.C. State Museum of Natural 

 Sciences Society is sponsoring a whale 

 watch trip to Boston, Mass., July 20-23. 

 Naturalists from the New England Aquar- 

 ium will accompany the group on a whale 

 watch excursion and will teach participants 

 how to identify different species of whales 

 and other marine life in the area. 



The trip will also include a behind-the- 

 scenes tour of the New England Aquarium. 



The cost of the four-day trip is $579 for 

 Society members, $619 for nonmembers, 

 and $389 for children 16 and under who 

 are accompanied by an adult. 



To register, contact the Natural Sciences 

 Society at 919/733-7450. 



