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N.C. STATE LBRARY 



Features raleigh 



Mutual Need Unites Carolina Crab 

 Houses and Mexican Pickers 



In rural coastal areas, crab-picking has long enabled women to 

 earn money and work flexible schedules that fit their families. But 

 the local work force is aging, and there's a dearth of new pickers. 

 Crab houses have turned to Mexican workers to fill the void. Free- 



lance writer Katie Mosher profiles this changing of the guard. ... 2 



A Lesson From Miss Lue 



At 83, Llewellyn Lewis is as quick with a knife as she is with 

 a metaphor. Using that combination, this Down East artisan has 

 taught many how to separate a cooked crab from its shell 8 



Charging Rent on State-Owned 

 Waters: North Carolina Cracks Down 

 on Marinas 



Most of us have enjoyed a day on public waters boating, fishing 

 or swimming. This is a constitutionally guaranteed right entrusted to 

 the state to protect. But the state is also empowered to grant private 

 uses of public waters. Marinas are most notable. For years, the state 

 has allowed them to build docks over public areas without paying for 

 this use. Now the state is reversing its course. Jeannie Faris explores 

 the unfolding public trust issues in North Carolina; John Tibbetts of 

 the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium offers perspective from 

 south of the border 12 



A Balancing Act: Public Waters and 

 Private Use 



Balancing public access and private uses of state waters is 

 becoming increasingly difficult. Court rulings are changing the way 

 the state choreographs these conflicting rights 16 



A Toxic Killer 



Sea Grant researcher JoAnn Burkholder has discovered a killer 

 — a dinoflagellate that paralyzes fish and sucks away their flesh. It 

 has been documented at fish kills in North Carolina and along the 



East Coast. Kathy Hart describes this killer dinoflagellate 19 



Departments 



From Sound to Sea 



What are Those Things, Anyway? 21 



Marine Advice: 



Summit Seeks Solutions to Sagging Oyster Production 22 



Aft Deck 23 



Bookstore 25 



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