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The Commercial Fishing Show 

 and Forum 



Mark your calendar now for the 

 16th Annual N.C. Commercial Fishing 

 Show. Sponsored by the N.C. Fisheries 

 Association, the weekend event will 

 occur March 9-10 at the Crystal Coast 

 Civic Center in Morehead City. 



Fishermen can explore the latest 

 developments in gear, boats, equip- 

 ment, engines and services. Sea Grant 

 will also host a concurrent fisheries 

 forum March 9 focusing on water 

 quality and the commercial fishing 

 license moratorium. 



Admission to the show is $2, with 

 children under 12 admitted free. The 

 Sea Grant forum is free. 



For more information, call the 

 fisheries association at 919/633-2288. 

 Or call Sea Grant at 919/515-2454. 



A Web of Sea Grant Information 



Sea Grant is expanding its 

 presence on the World Wide Web. 



For those with Internet access 

 who want to learn more about the 

 National Sea Grant College Program, 

 type in this URL: http://www.mdsg. 

 umd.edu:80/NSGO/WhatisSeaGrant. 

 html. This national home page de- 

 scribes the Sea Grant network and 

 provides a map showing states with 

 Sea Grant programs and linkages to 

 their home pages. 



In addition, National Media 

 Relations Coordinator Ben Sherman 

 has recently posted a Sea Grant Media 

 Center home page (URL: http://www. 

 mdsg.umd.edu/seagrantmediacenter/). 

 It provides the latest news releases and 

 tip sheets released by Sherman's office 

 in addition to program news releases 

 and topical information. Also posted 

 are an expert directory, a marine 

 science calendar of events, radio 

 scripts, information about the National 

 Sea Grant Depository and a listing of 

 other ocean and coastal resources. 



Nutrient Summit Summary Published 



If you're concerned about the 

 amount of nutrients funneling into 



North Carolina's coastal rivers and the 

 effects they're having on the quality of 

 coastal habitat, then send for a copy of 

 the "North Carolina Nutrient Summit: 

 Summary and Recommendations." 



The eight-page report summarizes 

 the information delivered by more 

 than 20 scientists, resource managers 

 and citizens as they discussed sources 

 of nutrients, their impacts and future 

 management strategies for reduction. 



For a free copy, write North 

 Carolina Sea Grant, Box 8605, N.C. 

 State University, Raleigh, NC 27695. 

 Call 919/515-2454 or e-mail requests 

 to harriss@unity.ncsu.edu. Ask for 

 UNC-SG-95-07. 



Experts Talk About Status of 

 Nation's Fisheries 



Can American save its fisheries? 

 That's the question Sea Grant posed 

 to panels of scientists, commercial 

 watermen, resource managers, 

 recreational anglers, conservationists 

 and others with a stake in the nation's 

 fisheries. It happened at a national 

 issues forum in Washington, D.C., 

 in September. 



Now, you can read how the 

 experts answered in a recently 

 published summary of the forum. The 

 40-page report offers comments from 

 Michael Sissenwine, the chief scientist 

 for the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service; Carl Safina of the National 

 Audubon Society; Bradford Matsen, 

 Pacific editor of National Fisherman; 

 and Mike Orbach, a North Carolina 

 Sea Grant researcher and Duke 

 University anthropologist. 



For a free copy of the summary 

 report, write North Carolina Sea 

 Grant. Ask for UNC-SG-95-06. 



Fishing for Solutions 



Recreational fishermen owe it to 

 themselves to understand the issues at 

 stake as the state steers into new 

 fishery management directions. 



On Feb. 24, the N.C. Marine 

 Recreational Fishing Forum will 

 answer some of sportfishermen's 



leading questions about the fishing 

 moratorium process. The daylong 

 forum, which will be held in Raleigh, 

 will assemble a panel of experts to 

 explain how a state committee is 

 shaping the future of fisheries 

 management. The panel will answer 

 questions posed in advance by fishing 

 clubs statewide. 



Among other speakers. Bob 

 Lucas, chair of the 18-member 

 Fisheries Moratorium Steering 

 Committee, will talk about the two- 

 year moratorium on the sale of new 

 commercial fishing licenses and how 

 the committee is examining the issues 

 affecting fisheries. The General 

 Assembly created the steering 

 committee in 1994, giving it a 

 $225,000 grant administered by 

 Sea Grant to study management 

 options and collect better data about 

 people who fish in North Carolina's 

 management jurisdiction. The 

 committee's recommendations 

 are expected this year. 



Other talks on the forum's 

 agenda will cover nutrients, water 

 quality and fish production; catch- 

 and-release mortality of recreationally 

 caught marine fish; recreational 

 fishing and the Fisheries Resource 

 Grant Program; light tackle fishing 

 opportunities in western Pamlico 

 Sound; fishing giant bluefin tuna off 

 Hatteras; speckled trout fishing in 

 the surf; and water quality in the 

 Neuse River. 



The proceedings from last 

 year's forum, "Marine Fisheries at 

 the Crossroads," are now available 

 for $3.50. Attendees will receive 

 a free copy by mail. To order this 

 publication (ask for UNC-SG-95-09) 

 or to register for the 1996 forum, 

 contact North Carolina Sea Grant 

 at 919/515-2454. 



Registration is $20 before Feb. 

 12 and $25 afterward. The forum will 

 be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on 

 Saturday, Feb. 24, at the McKimmon 

 Center on the campus of N.C. State 

 University. □ 



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