fishing. For more information about 

 the units, write Project CAPE, Dare 

 County School Board, P. O. Box 640, 

 Manteo, N.C. 27954. 



Rodney T. Gross, an arts and 

 technology major at Elizabeth City 

 State University, has received a $1000 

 stipend from UNC Sea Grant to work 

 as an intern at the Marine Resources 

 Center in Manteo. Gross will build ex- 

 hibits and sharpen his photography 

 skills as he learns more about the 

 marine environment. The internship is 

 part of a Sea Grant program designed 

 to recognize and assist talented stu- 

 dents at predominantly black 

 institutions. 



A little bit of sun can 

 be healthful, but too 

 much may be danger- 

 ous. Jim Patterson, a 

 University of North 

 Carolina dermatologist, 

 says the sun can cause 

 serious skin damage, the worst of 

 which is skin cancer. 



Prime candidates for skin damage 

 and skin cancer are people who spend 

 long hours in the sun with little or no 

 protection. Fishermen fit this descrip- 

 tion, and they may even be getting a 

 triple dose of trouble because of the 

 reflective quality of the water and the 

 fair skin common among the fishing 

 families in this state. 



The threat of skin damage and skin 

 cancer can be reduced, however, with 

 protective clothing, sunscreen and less 

 exposure to the sun. To find out more 

 about protecting yourself from the 



damaging rays, write for Sea Grant's 

 free Blueprint, "Skin Cancer and 

 Fishermen." To receive a copy, write 

 Sea Grant, Box 5001, Raleigh, N.C. 

 27650-5001. Ask for publication num- 

 ber UNC-SG-BP-81-6. 



Another Sea Grant blueprint, The 

 $10 Holding Tank, is aimed at small- 

 boat owners. The U.S. Coast Guard 

 now requires boats operating within 

 three miles of shore to be equipped 

 with sanitizing gear or onboard 

 holding tanks. Both are expensive 

 items for recreational boaters. But 

 Spencer Rogers, Sea Grant's coastal 

 engineering specialist and a sailboat 

 owner himself, has come up with a low- 

 cost alternative. 



The $10 Holding Tank describes 

 the materials needed and gives instruc- 

 tions for assembling the portable on- 

 board holding tank. The holding tank, 

 which can be attached to an existing 

 head, is light enough to be carried 

 home and emptied at the end of the 

 day. For a free copy of this Blueprint, 

 request number UNC-SG-BP-80-1. 



Ever see a blue crab 

 take it off? Hundreds of 

 crabs are going to be 

 shedding their old shells 

 this summer in a new 

 outdoor exhibit at the 

 Marine Resources Cen- 

 ter on Roanoke Island. 



Hughes Tillett, a Sea Grant marine 

 advisory services agent, and Rhett 

 White, director of the center, used a 

 Sea Grant mini-grant this year to con- 

 struct the exhibit. Two large shedding 



trays, filled with water pumped in 

 from the sound, have been set up for 

 the crabs. Displays nearby explain the 

 shedding process. 



The exhibit will not only give the 

 public a chance to watch crabs during 

 their natural molting cycle, but it will 

 also serve as a model for new commer- 

 cial crab-shedding operations. Their 

 product? The prized and delectable 

 soft-shell crab. 



A series of video tape programs 

 about business management for com- 

 mercial fishermen is available at the 

 Sea Grant Marine Advisory Services 

 office at the N.C. Marine Resources 

 Center at Bogue Banks. The tapes 

 feature Fred Smith, a marine 

 economist at Oregon State Univer- 

 sity. The topics are: Profit: What is it? 

 (30 minutes); Decisions (32 minutes); 

 Risk in decision-making (19 minutes); 

 Financial analysis (32 minutes) and 

 Record-keeping (26 minutes). 



Individuals or groups wishing to 

 view the tapes can do so by calling 726- 

 0125. 



Coastwatch is published monthly 

 except July and December by the Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, 105 1911 Building, 

 North Carolina State University, 

 Raleigh, NC 27650-5001. Vol. 9, No. 6, 

 June/July, 1982. Dr. B.J. Copeland, 

 director. Neil Caudle, editor. Kathy 

 Hart and Cassie Griffin, staff writers. 

 Second-class postage paid at Raleigh, 

 NC 27611. 



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