more dredge material on the island to 

 raise it to a safer elevation. Without 

 the extra dumping, "one good storm 

 during the nesting season could wash 

 out a hundred pelican nests very 

 easily," says Parnell. 



But Parnell adds the action by the 

 corps wasn't strictly for the birds: a lot 

 of wildlife lovers will benefit, too. 



Sea Grant's newslet- 

 ter, Coastwatch, has 

 for the second con- 

 secutive year won top 

 honors in international 

 competition sponsored 

 by the Society for 

 Technical Communication (STC). The 

 newsletter received the award of 

 "Distinguished Technical Com- 

 munications," first place in its 

 category. Coastwatch is edited by 

 Neil Caudle; Kathy Hart and Nancy 

 Davis are staff writers. 



Another UNC Sea Grant publica- 

 tion, A Homeowner's Guide to Es- 

 tuarine Bulkheads, placed third in 

 its category and received the society's 

 "achievement" award. The booklet, 

 which advises coastal property owners 

 on ways of mitigating the effects of es- 

 tuarine shoreline erosion, was written 

 by Spencer Rogers, UNC Sea Grant's 

 coastal engineering specialist and il- 

 lustrated by Deborah Ford, a member 

 of the Sea Grant staff at Ft. Fisher. 



These two publications, along with 

 three others from UNC Sea Grant, also 

 won awards in regional competition 

 sponsored by the STC's Carolinas 

 Chapter. 



Xo help fishermen avoid costly 

 hangs, Sea Grant has just updated its 

 book, Hangs and Obstructions to 

 Trawl Fishing. The book was com- 

 piled from the records of trawler cap- 

 tains, who were willing to share their 

 hang logs with others. It lists hangs by 

 loran headings and covers waters off 

 the Atlantic Coast from Cape Cod to 

 Florida. 



If you would like a copy of the hang 

 log book, send $2 to Sea Grant, Box 

 5001, Raleigh, N. C. 27650-5001. Ask 

 for UNC-SG-83-01. 



Sea Grant's waterproof fishing 

 maps have been revised and reprinted 

 in time for spring fishing. The first 

 chart shows fishing locations near 

 Masonboro Inlet on one side, and has 



locations off Beaufort Inlet on the 

 other. The second chart covers the 

 waters around Roanoke Island and 

 those off Oregon Inlet. 



Both charts include loran headings 

 and are designed as a navigational aid. 

 They are place-mat size. For your 

 copy, send $1 for each chart (or $2 for 

 the set of two) to Sea Grant, Box 5001, 

 Raleigh, N. C. 27650-5001. Be sure 

 and specify which chart you're 

 ordering. 



Aquaculturists — if you're interested 

 in raising mountain trout, or curious 

 about how it's done, a new publication 

 from the N.C. Agricultural Extension 

 Service might interest you. The 

 booklet is called North Carolina 

 Mountain Trout Production: In- 

 vestment and Operating Cost Es- 

 timates for a Trout Production 

 Enterprise. It was written by Jim 

 Easley, an NCSU extension economist 

 and Sea Grant researcher. Copies of 

 the booklet may be obtained by 

 writing Easley at the Department of 

 Economics and Business, North 

 Carolina State University, Raleigh, 

 N.C. 27650-5576. 



North Carolina State University 

 Chancellor Bruce R. Poulton provided 



written testimony to the U.S. House of 

 Representative's subcommittee on 

 Oceanography in April. Poulton wrote 

 on behalf of the reauthorization of the 

 National Sea Grant College Program 

 (House Bill 1643), pending before the 

 House Committee on Merchant 

 Marine and Fisheries, chaired by 

 Representative Walter Jones, D-N.C. 

 The Sea Grant Program was created 

 by an act of Congress and must 

 periodically be reauthorized by Con- 

 gress so it can continue to operate as a 

 federal program. 



Fishermen are always 

 looking for ways to in- 

 crease their catch. 

 That's why Wayne 

 Wescott, Sea Grant's 

 marine advisory agent 

 on Roanoke Island, and 

 Murray Bridges, a Collington crab 

 shedder, are testing a peeler pound, a 

 net used by Chesapeake fishermen to 

 catch hard crabs and peeler crabs. 

 Chesapeake fishermen report the net 

 catches more hard crabs and peeler 

 crabs than crab pots or peeler pots. 

 Wescott and Murray want to find out 

 if that information holds true for 



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