THE BACK PAGE 



"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). 



Aquaculture, once the 

 province of science and 

 business, is now finding 

 its way into backyard 

 gardens and green- 

 houses. People are learn- 

 ing to "farm" fish as a 

 hobby, as a source of food, and for ex- 

 tra income. 



That's why more than 40 

 aquaculture enthusiasts from across 

 the country gathered this March near 

 Waynesville, in the North Carolina 

 mountains, for four days of instruction 

 in fish-farming techniques. The course 

 was sponsored by Haywood Technical 

 Institute, and was prompted by the 

 success of trout farms in the area. 



Johnny Foster, from Sea Grant's 

 Aquaculture Demonstration Project in 

 Aurora, told the group about Sea 

 Grant research work with rainbow 

 trout, striped bass hybrids and tilapia, 

 an African food fish well-suited to 

 culture. He also offered advice about 

 equipment, feeding and water-quality 

 management on fish farms. 



Foster taught the course along with 

 Steven Van Gorder, a biologist from 

 Rodale Research in Emmaus, 

 Pennsylvania. Van Gorder outlined 

 Rodale's design for using vinyl-lined 

 wading pools and a biofiltration 

 system to raise large quantities of fish 

 on prepared feeds. Van Gorder 

 emphasized the simplicity of the 

 design, which he said could be built for 

 under $600. 



Want to know more? Watch for the 

 May issue of Coastwatch, which will 

 include several stories on aquaculture. 

 Or, contact Foster at the NCSU 

 Aquaculture Demonstration Project, 

 Rt. 2, Box 305, Aurora, N. C. 27806. 



The word was out. 

 UNC Sea Grant was 

 sponsoring its second an- 

 nual Workboat Expo in 

 Morehead City, March 

 13 and 14, and everyone 

 was invited. Around 

 4000 people attended the two-day 

 event, which drew over 50 exhibitors 

 showing boats (less than 25 feet), 

 winches, nets, reels, outboard motors, 

 diesel engines, radios, electronics and 

 more. 



Besides things to look at, there were 

 things to learn. Seminars held both 

 days — taught those who were inter- 

 ested about peeler crabs, gill netting, 

 sail power, financing, net-mending, 

 eel-fishing, fiberglass repair, marine in- 

 surance and more. Collington crabber 

 Murray Bridges drew such a crowd to 

 his peeler-crab seminar that some folks 

 had to settle for listening outside the 

 door. 



The expo was organized by the Sea 

 Grant Marine Advisory Services staff, 

 with some help from the N. C. 

 Agricultural Extension Service. Bob 

 Hines, Larry Giardina and Penney 

 Lewter, from the Sea Grant marine ad- 

 visory office at Bogue Banks, handled 

 many of the arrangements. Giardina 

 says it was community support and 

 hard work that made the expo a 

 success. 



Two years ago, Sea 

 Grant initiated funds to 

 introduce marine educa- 

 tion into the State 4-H 

 Program. B. J. Cope- 

 land, director of UNC 

 Sea Grant, thought the 

 90,000 young people involved in this 

 program could enhance their un- 

 derstanding of the land by learning 

 more about the sea and marine 

 resources. The result of this grant is 

 the 4-H Marine Awareness Program 

 which offers statewide activities and 

 project materials on marine education. 



Jaynee Medlicott, who works with 

 the program, says, "You don't have to 

 live on the coast to get involved with 



the marine awareness program or the 

 activities." This spring, she will be in- 

 troducing the program's project 

 materials to 4-H agents across the 

 state who will contact the leaders and 

 clubs in their county. Subjects range 

 from fishing and seafood to salt marsh 

 ecology. 



If you are interested in information 

 on the program or on how to start a 

 club in your area, contact your local 

 county extension office or Jaynee 

 Medlicott at the State 4-H Office. 

 Single copies of the project materials 

 are available free by writing to 

 Medlicott at N.C. State 4-H Office, 

 P. O. Box 5157, NCSU, Raleigh, N.C. 

 27650. 



The cadet girl scout troop from 

 Friendship, with a little help from 

 UNC Sea Grant Director B.J. 

 Copeland, won a trophy at the Girl 

 Scout Expo held March 6 at the Cary 

 Village Mall. The theme for this year's 

 expo was water. Copeland says the 

 troop's winning exhibit was among 40 

 to 50 exhibits displayed at the expo. 



Two UNC Sea Grant 

 publications have won 

 awards in an interna- 

 tional competition spon- 

 sored by the Society for 

 Technical Communica- 

 tions (STC). Coast- 

 watch, UNC Sea Grant's newsletter, 

 won the society's highest commenda- 

 tion for "distinguished technical com- 

 munication." Coastwatch is 

 published ten times a year and has a 

 circulation of 18,000. It is edited by 

 Neil Caudle. Kathy Hart and Cassie 

 Griffin are staff writers. 



UNC Sea Grant's two-year report. 

 Sea Grant in North Carolina, 1979- 

 1980, won the society's second-highest 

 award for "excellence." The 32-page 

 report was written by Neil Caudle and 

 designed by Mary Margaret Wade. 



The two awards will be made during 

 the 29th International Technical Com- 

 munications Conference, to be held 

 May 6 in Boston, Massachusetts. Both 

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