drawing together a network of people 

 from industry, government and the 

 fishing community to organize a 

 weather relay program. 



Plans call for a 90-foot tower, 

 donated by NCS International, a 

 geodetic and marine positioning and 

 surveying company, to be set up at the 

 N.C. Marine Resources Center at Ft. 

 Fisher. From the marine advisory ser- 

 vices office in the center, Bahen (or 



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Jim Bahen 



Sea Grant staffers Debbi Ford and 

 Spencer Rogers) will communicate via 

 VHF radio (channel 68) with fisher- 

 men in a 55-mile radius offshore of the 

 center. 



Sea Grant staffers will pass the in- 

 formation along to the NWS office in 

 Wilmington. The reports will be incor- 

 porated into the marine weather 

 forecast and broadcast over the 24- 

 hour National Oceanic and At- 

 mospheric Administration (NOAA) 

 weather radio. Bahen says the weather 

 relay program should begin operation 

 in December. 



The NWS also plans to relay the 

 offshore weather information to NWS 

 offices in Raleigh; Columbia, S. C; 

 and Washington, D. C, and the 

 National Hurricane Center in Miami, 

 Fla. Hinn says the information will not 

 only provide better daily weather 

 reports, but also help meteorologists 

 improve their forecasting ability. 



"I think it's a very, very workable 

 plan," Hinn says. "After all, aviators 

 have been doing it for twenty years. 

 Pilots report back their weather ex- 

 periences, icing, updrafts and tur- 

 bulence, so the next pilot in the area 

 will know what to expect. It's pilots 

 helping other pilots. And the correla- 

 tion is certainly there for the marine 

 community to do the same thing. It 

 will be based on fishermen helping 

 fishermen." 



Sea Grant's marine advisory team 



If you have a marine question or problem, then call or write a member of the UNC Sea 

 Grant advisory services team. Here are their names, locations, phone numbers and 

 specialities. 



Jim Murray 



Leon Abbas 

 (specialist) 



Jim Bahen 



Jim Easley 

 (specialist) 



John Foster 



Larry Giardina 



David Hill 



Bob Hines 



Spencer Rogers 

 (specialist) 



John Sanders 

 (specialist) 



Lundie Spence 

 (specialist) 



Joyce Taylor 



Hughes Tillett 



Frank Thomas 

 (specialist) 



Sam Thomas 

 (specialist) 



Wayne Wescott 



Director 



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 fishing 



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business 



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marketing 



seafood 



commercial 

 fishing 



coastal 

 engineering 



coastal 

 weather 



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 education 



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North Carolina State University 

 (919) 737-2454 



North Carolina State University 

 (919) 737-2454 



Marine Resources Center/Ft. Fisher 

 Kur Beach, N.C. 

 (919) 458-5498 



North Carolina State University 

 (919) 737-2885 



NCSU Aquaculture Demonstration Project 

 Aurora, N.C. 

 (919) 322-4054 



Marine Resources Center/Bogue Banks 

 Atlantic Beach, N.C. 

 (919) 726-0125 



NCSU Seafood Laboratory 

 Morehead City, N.C. 

 (919) 726-7341 



Marine Resources Center/Bogue Banks 

 Atlantic Beach, N.C. 

 (919) 726-0125 



Marine Resources Center/Ft. Fisher 

 Kure Beach, N.C. 

 (919) 458-5780 



North Carolina State University 

 (919) 737-2454 



North Carolina State University 

 (919) 737-2454 



NCSU Seafood Laboratory 

 Morehead City, N.C. 

 (919) 726-7341 



Marine Resources Center/ 



Roanoke Island 

 Manteo, N.C. 

 (919) 473-3937 



North Carolina State University 

 (919) 737-2956 



NCSU Seafood Laboratory 

 Morehead City, N.C. 

 (919) 726-7341 



Marine Resources Center/ 



Roanoke Island 

 Manteo, N.C. 

 (919) 473-3937 



