sively with shrimpers to tackle the 

 problem of bycatch of nontargeted 

 species. He has helped introduce the 

 skimmer trawl, a type of gear that 

 has proven to minimize bycatch, into 

 North Carolina estuaries. 



Hines' extension work over the 

 years has also led to advances in 

 closed recirculating crab shedding 

 operations, the use of pound nets in 

 shrimping and peeler crabbing, float- 

 ing pound nets and other bycatch re- 

 duction devices. 



Sea Grant extension agents have 

 been consistent winners in the com- 

 petition for Outstanding Extension 

 Service Awards. 



Kudos to Coastwatch 



Coastwatch and its staff recently 

 won a Grand Award in the APEX 

 '93 Publication Excellence Competi- 

 tion sponsored by the editors at 

 Communications Concepts, publish- 

 ers of Communications Manager 

 and Writing Concepts. 



Coastwatch was one of four 

 Grand Award winners in the maga- 

 zine and journal category, which at- 

 tracted 427 entries. The award was 

 based on excellence in graphic de- 

 sign, editorial content and the suc- 

 cess of the entry in achieving overall 

 communications effectiveness and 

 excellence. 



Judges for the competition were 

 Bill Londino, Concepts editor and 

 publisher; Nancy Rathburn, Commu- 

 nications Manager managing editor; 

 and Paul Fisher, a former professor 

 at the University of Missouri School 

 of Journalism. 



Entries in the fifth annual 

 awards were very competitive, ac- 

 cording to Concepts competition or- 

 ganizers. 



"The overall quality of entries 

 was excellent, arguably the best ever 

 in an APEX competition. From 

 them, they selected the award- 

 winning entries." 



Also, Sea Grant publication 

 Shoreline Erosion Control Using 

 Marsh Vegetation and Low-Cost 

 Structures won an Award of Excel- 

 lence in the instructional and educa- 

 tional manual category. University of 

 North Carolina Sea Grant College 

 Program, Building a Better Tomor- 

 row for the Coast won in the bro- 

 chure category. 



Limited Entry 

 Workshops Continue 



Sea Grant researchers Mike 

 Orbach of Duke University and Jeff 

 Johnson of East Carolina University 

 are learning what commercial fisher- 

 men have to say about a management 

 strategy called limited entry fishing. 

 Under this strategy, specific fishing 

 privileges are assigned to specific 

 fishermen or vessels. It's a manage- 

 ment plan already in use in other 

 states and other countries. 



But what do Tar Heel fishermen 

 think about using the strategy here, 

 and how do they think it should 

 work? Orbach and Johnson want to 

 get fishermen's opinions firsthand, so 

 they planned three rounds of work- 

 shops along the coast during the late 

 summer and fall. 



The workshops are designed to 

 allow fishermen to participate "from 

 the ground up" in discussions of pos- 

 sible management options. Now, lim- 

 ited entry is only a possibility for the 

 future, but it could become a reality. 

 That's why it's important for fisher- 

 men to speak out at these workshops. 



The first two rounds of work- 

 shops have already been held, but the 

 third is yet to come. Orbach and 

 Johnson hope fishermen will mark 

 their calendars and plan to come, re- 

 gardless of whether they have at- 

 tended any of the earlier workshops. 



Below is a listing of the dates for 

 the third round of workshops. All of 

 them begin at 7 p.m. and last until 

 every fisherman is heard. 



• Nov. 30 — Pamlico County 

 Courthouse 



• Dec. 1 — New Hanover County 

 Cooperative Extension Service 

 Office 



• Dec. 2 — Smyrna Elementary 

 School 



• Dec. 7 — Beaufort County 

 Community College 



• Dec. 8 — N.C. Aquarium in 

 Manteo 



• Dec. 9 — Hatteras Civic Center 

 If you would like more informa- 

 tion about the research or workshops, 

 contact: Mike Orbach, Duke Univer- 

 sity Marine Laboratory, Pivers Island, 

 Beaufort, NC 28516, 919/728-21 11. 

 Or call the Sea Grant Marine Advi- 

 sory Service office nearest you: Ra- 

 leigh, 919/515-2454; Fort Fisher, 919/ 

 458-5498; Bogue Banks, 919/ 

 247-4007; and Manteo, 919/ 

 473-3937. 



Murray Earns Ph.D. 



As director of Sea Grant's Marine 

 Advisory Service, Jim Murray spends 

 most days embroiled in resource man- 

 agement and policy issues. 



The job requires more than a 

 grounding in marine biology, he says. 

 Marine resources are an increasingly 

 valuable commodity in North Caro- 

 lina. Murray has responded to the job 

 demands by earning a Ph.D. in re- 

 source management from the School 

 of Forestry at N.C. State University. 

 Murray assessed the policy and man- 

 agement of artificial reef programs in 

 his doctoral thesis, and he tailored his 

 degree for an emphasis on marine re- 

 sources management. 



Providing guidance in his pro- 

 gram were co-major professors David 

 Adams, department of forestry, and 

 Arthur Cooper, head of the depart- 

 ment of forestry. Murray has held his 

 post at UNC Sea Grant for 1 1 years. 

 Before that, he was MAS director of 

 the New Jersey Marine Sciences 

 Consortium. 



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